An Ontario university student is seeking leave to appeal a decision that his civil lawyer breached a deemed undertaking rule by forwarding confidential medical records of a female complainant to the defence lawyer representing the young man on sexual assault charges. (canadianlawyermag.com)
CINCINNATI — Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region (PPSWO) applauded today's court decision protecting women's confidential medical records in Ohio. (plannedparenthood.org)
Similarly, in Ashworth Hospital Authority v MGN Ltd [2002] UKHL 29, [2002] 4 All ER 193 disclosure was ordered to enable the applicant to identify and dismiss an employee who had leaked confidential medical records to the press. (newlawjournal.co.uk)