“The central question for the Supreme Court in Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 was, as Lords Hamblen and Stephens put it (with Lord Reed, Lloyd-Jones and Sales agreeing): ‘whether, in general, a person under criminal investigation has, prior to being charged, a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of information relating to that investigation’. The short answer was ‘yes’. The decision has been greeted with howls of indignation from Bloomberg but more muted responses from other sections of the press …” (more)
[Aileen McColgan QC, Panopticon, 21 February]
First posted 2022-02-22 09:00:23
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