Whither Privacy Protection in the Law of Nuisance

(2022) 34 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 505-528 https://journalsonline.academypublishing.org.sg/Journals/Singapore-Academy-of-Law-Journal/Current-Issue/ctl/eFirstPublicAbstractView/mid/494/ArticleId/1785?Citation=(2022)+34+SAcLJ+505

Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper

24 Pages Posted: 11 May 2022 Last revised: 13 Oct 2022

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Cheng Lim Saw

Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law

Aaron Yoong

Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law

Date Written: April 1, 2022

Abstract

Privacy-related concerns often feature in disputes involving the tort of private nuisance. Despite the growing importance ascribed to the protection of an individual’s privacy in the modern world, English law has tended to shy away from allowing such concerns to influence the thinking behind the more traditional areas of law (like nuisance). This article examines and questions the various notions that underpin this English approach. Using the recent decisions of Giles Duncan Fearn v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2019] EWHC 246 (Ch) and Giles Fearn v The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery [2020] EWCA Civ 104 as relevant case studies, the authors posit that the tort of private nuisance can and should be used to accommodate privacy-related claims in appropriate circumstances.

Keywords: Privacy, Invasion of Spatial Privacy, Nuisance, Tort of Private Nuisance, Article 8 ECHR

Suggested Citation

Saw, Cheng Lim and Yoong, Aaron, Whither Privacy Protection in the Law of Nuisance (April 1, 2022). (2022) 34 Singapore Academy of Law Journal 505-528 https://journalsonline.academypublishing.org.sg/Journals/Singapore-Academy-of-Law-Journal/Current-Issue/ctl/eFirstPublicAbstractView/mid/494/ArticleId/1785?Citation=(2022)+34+SAcLJ+505, Singapore Management University School of Law Research Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4075548

Cheng Lim Saw (Contact Author)

Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law ( email )

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Aaron Yoong

Singapore Management University - Yong Pung How School of Law ( email )

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