Further limitation on right to private life under Human Rights Act 1998

• Author:
• Tarlo Lyons

In McGowan -v- Scottish Water, an employee suspected of falsifying his call-out timesheets was placed under covert surveillance at his home which proved his guilt and he was dismissed. He claimed that his dismissal breached his right to private and family life under Article 8(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

The Employment Tribunal held that there had been no breach, because the surveillance was carried out on a public road and any member of the public would have been free to... (174 more words)

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