Executive Summary
The UK Supreme Court recently confirmed in Bloomberg LP (Appellant) v ZXC (Respondent) [2022] UKSC 5 that in the UK a person under criminal investigation has a reasonable expectation of privacy prior to being charged.
Background
The claimant, an individual anonymised as ZXC, had been under criminal investigation by UK law enforcement. Bloomberg
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