Question

Article on Misuse of private
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Answer 1

Misuse of private information is a new common law tort that English courts recognised in Campbell v MGN Ltd.[1] Arising as a branch of the law relating to breach of confidence, it has been reinforced by Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, supplemented by s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, which obliges public institutions (including the courts) not to act inconsistently with Convention rights.