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"Drawing on many areas of law, including data protection, breach of confidence, the law of evidence, human rights, tort and contract and taking into account relevant soft law and ethical guidance by the professions, the book seeks to provide authoritative answers to two questions: -What confidential personal information concerning a client may, or must, the professional disclose to 1) the client, and 2) others, including courts, tribunals and inquiries -What can be done, through litigation or other means, if confidential personal client information is disclosed or used for an improper purpose by the professional or some third party. The black-letter law is supplemented by in-depth coverage of how the legal issues arise, and are dealt with, in practice (both in the UK and in other jurisdictions). Numerous examples are cited from a wide variety of professional contexts ranging from the medical, legal, and financial to the social services and education. The book will be kept up-to-date through the author's website - 'a href=""http://www uea.ac.uk/law/resources/professional-client index"" 'www uea.ac.uk/law/resources/professional-client index'/a' This work will be an essential reference tool for those advising either the professional or the individual client on issues relating to the disclosure of confidential personal information. Its depth of coverage (eg. on the issue of consent to disclosure) will mean that it will also be of application in the field of confidentiality and privacy more generally."

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... an excellent legal resource that succinctly and comprehensively explains the English law on confidentiality and information privacy. For lawyers with an interest in biotechnology R & D, it is as timely as it is learned. Bio-Science Law Review Rosemary Pattenden has finally carried out the huge task of writing, researching and publishing a legal analysis with sufficient scope to enable readers to address the special issues raised by biotech research and commercialisation. Bio-Science Law Review Given the striking diversity of law and legal development, one of the strongest selling points of Pattenden's book is that she has established a publicly accessible website through which updates are published. Bio-Science Law Review If this book doesn't tell sometimes perplexed practitioners all we need to know about this fundamental and difficult topic, it certainly goes a long way towards doing so. Law Society Journal

... an excellent legal resource that succinctly and comprehensively explains the English law on confidentiality and information privacy. For lawyers with an interest in biotechnology R & D, it is as timely as it is learned. Bio-Science Law Review Rosemary Pattenden has finally carried out the huge task of writing, researching and publishing a legal analysis with sufficient scope to enable readers to address the special issues raised by biotech research and commercialisation. Bio-Science Law Review Given the striking diversity of law and legal development, one of the strongest selling points of Pattenden's book is that she has established a publicly accessible website through which updates are published. Bio-Science Law Review If this book doesn't tell sometimes perplexed practitioners all we need to know about this fundamental and difficult topic, it certainly goes a long way towards doing so. Law Society Journal

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Rosemary Pattenden is Professor of Law at the University of East Anglia and has published widely in the fields of the law of evidence, criminal appeals and judicial discretion in criminal procedure. Her most recent book, English Criminal Appeals: 1844-1994 (Oxford, 1996) was met with considerable critical acclaim.

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