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Article 8 - Right to respect for private and family life

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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.
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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.
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N.S. v. the United Kingdom, no. 38134/20

25/03/25

Decision to grant a final adoption order in respect of a child already subject to a placement order, against the wishes of his mother, who had a history of mental health problems.
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