Initial Services v Putterill, 1968 1 QB 396
Citation:Initial Services v Putterill, 1968 1 QB 396
Rule of thumb:If one person confesses that they committed a crime to another, is this confidential? No, an admission of a crime is never considered to be private & confidential.
Judgment:
‘(the right to go to the authorities) It extends to any misconduct of such a nature that it ought in the public interest to be disclosed to others... The exception should extend to crimes, frauds, and misdeeds, both those actually committed as well as those in contemplation, provided always – and this is essential – disclosure is justified in the public interest’, Lord Denning, at 405
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