This work provides a detailed survey of the law relating to the protection and disclosure of confidential personal information, taking as its unique focus the information associated with professional-client relationships. In addition to the law of breach of confidence itself, full analysis is also given to related areas of law such as copyright, privilege, data protection, privacy and freedom of information, as well as the professional codes of conduct.

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Definitions and Rationales 2. The Social Context 3. The Legal Framework PART II: RESPONDING TO DISCLOSURE 4. Contract and Tort Solutions to Intentional Disclosure 5. Equity and Copyright Solutions to Intentional Disclosure 6. Dealing with Unintentional Disclosure 7. Suing and Tracing Third Parties 8. Remedies 9. Alternatives to Litigation PART III: DEFENCES 10. Compelled Disclosure 11. Disclosure in the Public Interest 12. Other lawful Voluntary Disclosure 13. Consent PART IV: CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE IN THE LITIGATION PROCESS 14. Investigations and Pre-trial Disclosure 15. Trials, Tribunals and Inquiries 16. Grounds for Non-Disclosure 17. Protection of Privacy PART V: RELATED MATTERS 18. Data Protection and Freedom of Information 19. Disclosure to the Client 20. Duty to Warn Third Parties 21. The Employed Professional and Partnerships

Regulating the Disclosure of Confidential Personal Information Rosemary Pattenden, University of East Anglia, Rosemary Pattenden , Professor of Law, University of East Anglia

`It makes for a comprehensive survey of confidentiality in all areas of professional engagement...The use of such a book is obvious and it achieves its aim admirably...The language of the book is crisp and concise. The introduction section on the justification and limits of use of personal confidential information are carefully considered and highly rewarding...The book as a whole is well researched and footnoted, and a very wide range of subject matter is systematically presented and cross-referenced...Helpfully for such a fast developing area of law, the book is accompanied by a web update from the author's University website. Overall, it is a highly useful book for all manner of professionals and a welcome addition to the bookshelf of any lawyer advising or representing them.' Jeremy Hyam (1 Crown Office Row), New Law Journal |d 8th October 2005