The Law of Professional-Client Confidentiality 2e

Rosemary Pattenden, Emeritus Professor, School of Law, University of East Anglia,Duncan Sheehan, Professor of Law, University of East Anglia

Rosemary Pattenden is Emeritus Professor of the School of Law at the University of East Anglia.

Duncan Sheehan is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of East Anglia.

Part I
1. Introduction
Part II
2. Misuse of Private Information
3. Contractual Confidence Claims
4. Breach of Confidence and Fiduciary Duty
5. Miscellaneous Causes of Action: Tort and Copyright
6. Actions Against Third Parties and Strangers
7. Judicial Remedies
8. Non-Judicial Remedies
Part III
9. Disclosure Justified in the Public Interest
10. Disclosure of Confidential Information Compelled by Statute
11. Compelled Disclosure to Assist an Official Investigation
12. Disclosure Justified in the Administration of Justice
Part IV
13. Consent
14. Lapsed Confidentiality
Part V
15. Legal Professional Privilege
16. Data Protection and Freedom of Information
17. Open Justice, Privacy and Limiting the Use of Documents Disclosed in Litigation