Human Rights Law

• Under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, everyone has the right to respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence. This means that individuals have the right to have private conversations without being recorded.
  
  

Consent

• If both parties agree, it is legal to record a disciplinary hearing. The recording can be used as evidence in any future court proceedings.
  
  

Considerations

• In the case of Amwell View School vs. Dogherty, an employee secretly taped private discussions by her employers without their knowledge. The Employment Appeal Tribunal decided that the recording of the private discussions could not be allowed as evidence in the case.