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Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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Van Slooten v. the Netherlands, no. 45644/18

15/04/25

Termination of the applicant’s parental authority over her child, less than 1.5 years after the child had been taken into care.
Judgment

Green v. the United Kingdom, no. 22077/19

08/04/25

Use of parliamentary privilege by a Member of Parliament to disclose on the floor of the House the applicant’s identity, which was subject to an interim privacy injunction pending trial, and the inability to bring civil proceedings against that Member of Parliament for breach of the injunction.
Judgment | Legal Summary

Ships Waste Oil Collector B.V. v. the Netherlands [GC], nos. 2799/16 and 3 others

01/04/25

Transmission and use, in competition-law proceedings, of data lawfully obtained through telephone tapping in unrelated criminal investigations.
Judgment | Legal Summary

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