ABSTRACT
In the thirteen years that have now passed since the House handed down its judgments, the English law of privacy has developed considerably. This rapid period of development has thrown up a number of matters of acute controversy and it is to the study of this controversial legacy of the Campbell case, within and beyond England and Wales, that this collection of essays is devoted. Prior to the Campbell case, privacy rights attracted only sporadic protection under the English common law. Nicole Moreham's essay focuses on her long-standing concern with the lack of protection in English law for intrusion-type privacy violations – an area which brings together concerns around privacy, technology, and the nature of intrusion. Thomas Bennett focuses on the difficulties that the courts have faced in dealing with privacy claims in circumstances where the publication of private information relating to one person will have an adverse impact on third parties.
