“…The modern restatement of the rule in Wilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 QB 57 is found in the judgment of the Supreme Court in Rhodes v OPO [2015] UKSC 32. The Court identified three elements of the tort: ‘a) the conduct element requirin…”
“… action relied on were misuse of private information, negligence, and intentional infliction of mental suffering (also known as the tort in Wilkinson v Downton [1897] 2 QB 57). Bean J (as he then was) struck out the claim: [2014] EWHC 2468 (QB). The Court of Appeal agreed with him that the claims in misuse of private information and…”