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Legislation

 Articles on Law and Privacy in the UK

  • Aplin, T. ‘Commercial confidences after the Human Rights Act’, E.I.P.R. 2007 29(10) 411-419
  • Cartwright-Silk, A. & Carter-Hignett, C., ‘A child’s right to privacy: “out of a parent’s hands”, Ent. L.R. 2009, 20(6), 212-217
  • Carty, H. ‘An analysis of the modern action for breach of commercial confidence: When is protection merited?’, I.P.Q. 2008, 4, 416-455
  • Case, P., ‘Confidence matters: the rise and fall of informational autonomy in medical law’, Med. L. Rev. 2003, 11(2), 208-236, p.214
  • Younger Committee Report, Report of the Committee on Privacy, HMSO, July 1972 (Cmnd. 5012).

Governing genetic databases

  • Gibbons, S., “Are UK genetic databases governed adequately? A comparative legal analysis” [with Estonia, Iceland and Sweden] Legal Studies, Vol. 27 No. 2, June 2007, pp. 312–342.
  • Kaye. J, Helgason HH, Nomper A et al “Population genetic databases: a comparative analysis of the law in Iceland, Sweden, Estonia and the UK.” TRAMES 2004; 8: 15 – 34.
  • Gibbons, S. et al ‘Lessons from European population genetic databases: comparing the law in Estonia, Iceland, Sweden and the United Kingdom’ (2005) 12 EJHL 103.

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