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Return to McNae's Essential Law for Journalists 25e Resources
Chapter 26 Self-test questions
Breach of confidence
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Case law has established that there are three elements in a breach of confidence. Which of the following expresses one of them, as regards the type of information which this law aims to protect?
Information which would if published be defamatory
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Information which has 'the essential quality of being private'
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Information which has 'the potential to betray confidence'
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Information which has the 'necessary quality of confidence'
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In law, an 'obligation of confidence' can arise in a personal relationship – for example, a husband owes his wife a duty of confidence as regards confidential things she says to him in the marriage.
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As a remedy for a breach of confidence, a court can order the publisher of the information to pay damages or to provide an account of ____.
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