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16.05.19
Paparazzi agencies pay damages to Duke of Sussex for privacy invasion
Splash News and Picture Agency Limited and Splash News & Picture Agency LLC (‘Splash’) have apologised and agreed to pay substantial damages to the Duke of Sussex after using a helicopter to take photographs of his home in the Cotswolds. In January of this year Splash chartered a helicopter which flow over the Duke’s home…
Read more13.10.14
Government to criminalise revenge porn
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced that the government will bring in legislation to make ‘revenge porn’ a specific criminal offence punishable by up to two years’ imprisonment. Revenge porn typically occurs where a former lover publishes intimate photographs online, without the victim’s consent, in order to punish and/or humiliate the victim. The offence will target individuals who…
Read more2.09.14
Jennifer Lawrence and the leak of naked pictures: legal solutions
Actress Jennifer Lawrence is one of apparently 100 celebrities who have had intimate photographs of them leaked on to the internet. She is not the first celebrity to appear naked on the internet. The World Wide Web contains millions of images of celebrities in various states of undress. These have been captured (invariably in flagrant…
Read more1.09.14
The paparazzi and protecting children's privacy: Weller and another v Associated Newspapers
In Weller & Ors v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2014] EWHC 1163 (QB), the publishers of the Mail Online were ordered to pay damages in the sum of £10,000 after musician Paul Weller, acting as a litigation friend for his children, brought a claim against the newspaper for misuse of private information and a breach of Data Protection…
Read more27.05.13
Court of Appeal holds public has a right to know about Boris Johnson's lovechild
In AAA v Associated Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWCA Civ 554 the Court of Appeal considered an appeal brought on behalf a three-year old child (via her maternal step-grandfather) against the decision of Mrs Justice Nicola Davies in her privacy claim against the owners of the Daily Mail. The High Court claim concerned the publication of private information relating to the issue of…
Read more20.01.13
The sun, privacy and Rocknroll
Mr Justice Briggs has handed down a written judgment in Rocknroll v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2013] EWHC 24 (Ch) which serves as a helpful reminder of the issues the court will consider in deciding whether the publication of photographs should be prohibited on privacy grounds. In 2010 the Claimant Edward Rocknroll attended a private fancy…
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