In June this year we posted about an upcoming conference celebrating 20 years of the misuse of private information tort.   This conference, generously funded by Matrix Chambers and the Society of Legal Scholars will take place on 19 and 20 September 2024, at Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial St, London, E1 6LS.

The event is free to attend, and delegates are encouraged to sign-up here. Whilst in-person attendance is encouraged, online participation will be possible for those that cannot make it.

The programme for the event is as follows:

Thursday 19 September

9am – 9:25am Registration
9:25am – 9:30am Welcome
9:30am – 10am Introductory remarks

Lord Justice Mark Warby
10am – 11:30am

 

 Panel 1: Privacy in the Balance

A stealthy departure from the Campbell balancing model 20 years on?

Professor Helen Fenwick [remote]

When privacy conflicts with a defendant’s legitimate interest in telling their own story

Professor Nicole Moreham

The new privacy order

Dr Jeevan Hariharan
11:30am –11:45am Coffee
11:45am – 1:15pm

 

 Panel 2: Privacy Remedies

Injunctions to stop disclosure of private information: defamation vs privacy torts

Justice Peter Applegarth

Account of profits and negotiating damages for misuse of private information

Dr Judith Skillen

Damages for Misuse of Private Information

Dr Eleni Katsampouka
1:15pm-2:15pm Lunch
2:15pm – 3:15pm Panel 3: Misuse of Private Information: Expanded and Extended

The expanded scope of the tort of misuse of private information: a tort protecting individual and family privacy

Dr Claire Bessant

Building on Campbell to Develop a New Tort of Publicity Rights in England

Dr Emmanuel Kolawole Oke [remote]
3:15pm-3:30pm Coffee
3:30pm – 5pm Panel 4: Privacy, Horizontality and Strasbourg

Horizontality, Absorption and Confusion: Developing a New Privacy Tort

Hugh Tomlinson KC

Why the Public?

Professor Paul Wragg

Speech-Privacy Balancing in the context of Right to be Forgotten: the new Strasbourg approach

Professor Gavin Phillipson

Friday 20 September

9:30am – 9:45am Registration
9:45am – 10:15am Introductory remarks

Sir Michael Tugendhat
10:15am – 11:45am

 

 Panel 5: Campbell’s International Legacy

Campbell’s Legacy in the United States

Professor Amy Gajda

The reception of Campbell in Asia-Pacific common law jurisdictions – protecting privacy through breach of confidence?

Professor Normann Witzleb, Michael Rivette, and Professor Megan Richardson [remote]

Campbell in the Malaysian Courts: An Uncertain Legacy

John Choi
11:45am – 12pm Coffee
12pm – 1 pm

 

 Panel 6: Privacy, Documents and Photographs

Privacy, ‘court documents’ and open justice

Alex Latu [remote]

Understanding privacy in the age of social media

Dr Holly Hancock
1pm – 2pm Lunch
2pm – 3pm Panel 7: Campbell and the Future of Journalism: International Perspectives

Balancing Privacy and Free Speech: The Paparazzi Predicament in India and Lessons from Campbell

Dr Ishita Sharma [remote]

Public interest journalism and privacy in the ECtHR case law

Dr András Koltay [remote]
3 – 3:30pm Concluding Thoughts