WILSON -v- FERGUSON [2015] WASC 15 (16 January 2015): Breach of confidence, privacy, injunctive relief
January 27, 2015
In Wilson v Ferguson[2015] WASC 15 the West Australian Supreme Court, per Mitchell J, issued an injunction and awarded damages by way of equitable compensation against the Defendant in a claim brought in equity for the misuse of private information.
FACTS
The plaintiff met the defendant in May 2011. Both were employed at Cloudbreak and worked in the same crew [19]. They began to date as boyfriend and girlfriend in November 2012 and after a few weeks the plaintiff moved into the defendant’s home [20]. During their relationship they would send each other photographs of a sexual nature depicting each other naked or partly naked [22] with the defendant initiating the exchange. The defendant also took explicit photographs of the plaintiff with her knowledge and consent [22] and she also used her mobile phone to take videos of herself nude and, on at least one occasion, engaging in sexual activity [23].
Some time after the videos were taken, the plaintiff Read the rest of this entry »