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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |