Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Merit's Courts (England) - Court of Session, Outer House

Date: 02/09/2016

Subject: The decision of the Court of Session, Outer House states that the right to private life and to privacy of medical information, according to article 8 of the ECHR, guarantees that the claimant will be heard and assisted by a lawyer before the access of the police to any information on his health

Parties: Petitioner: Bain QC, C Mitchell; Drummond Miller LLP Respondents: C O’Neill, solicitor advocate; Scottish Government Legal Directorate

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy

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