United Kingdom defamationmisuse of private informationsocial media

Wilson v Mendelsohn

[2024] EWHC 821 (KB)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtHigh Court of Justice (King's Bench Division), Media and Communications List

Year2024

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Information about a person's confidential professional/disciplinary grievance process retains a reasonable expectation of privacy years later, whereas conduct performed in a genuinely public place attracts no privacy protection merely because images of it are later weaponised online.

Area of Law

General

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