Breach of confidence in English law

Breach of confidence in English law is an equitable doctrine which allows a person to claim a remedy when their confidence has been breached. A duty of confidence arises when confidential information comes to the knowledge of a person in circumstances in which it would be unfair if it were disclosed to others.[1] Breach of confidence gives rise to a civil claim. The Human Rights Act 1998 has developed the law on breach of confidence so that it now applies to private bodies as well as public ones.[1]

English courts will recognise a breach of confidence if the following three things are present:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/enforcementguide/court/reporting-breach.htm

The law commission (1981). Breach of confidence (PDF). Her Majesty's stationery office. Retrieved 2016-10-10. 

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