‘Case Law: ZXC v Bloomberg, Criminal investigation privacy protection confirmed ‘

“The Supreme Court yesterday handed down judgment in ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2022] UKSC 5. This was a very quick hand down, since the case had only been heard on 30 November and 1 December 2021. This suggests there was not much debate between Lords Hamblen and Stephens (giving the judgment) and Lords Reed, Lloyd-Jones and Sales (agreeing) that the judgment should confirm what has become settled law in the past 7 years or so – that a person under criminal investigation has a reasonable expectation of privacy in relation to the information relating to the investigation prior to being charged …” (more)

[Mathilde Groppo, Inforrm’s Blog, 17 February]

First posted 2022-02-17 11:00:20

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