ABSTRACT
PRIVACY AND RESPECT FOR PRIVATE AND FAMILY LIFE AIMS AND OB ECTIVES This is chapter addresses the following matters:
• Key concepts of privacy, breach of confidence, respect, private life, marriage and having a family
• Privacy under common law and development of domestic law following the HRA 'bringing rights home '
• Ouestions of how to categorise the nature and extent of the rights arising, and different approaches to doing this
• Discussion of a wide range of case law exempl ifying the many facets of privacy, for example: • sexuality • family life, for example divorce • the home, for example eviction • correspondence, for example prisoners' communication rights
1 10.1 Introduction 1 It will be useful to keep in mind some basic explanations throughout th is chap ter.
