Privacy
2.09.14
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 more28.08.14
The High Court grants permission for Google to be served with data protection claim outside of the jurisdiction
Mr Justice Bean sitting at the High Court of Justice has given permission for Google to be served with a claim form outside of the jurisdiction. The claim, brought by Mr Daniel Hegglin, relates to anonymous abusive and defamatory postings concerning him on the world wide web. When the claimant’s name was typed into the Google search…
Read more30.07.14
Select Committee conclude criminal law sufficient for social media offences
The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications has concluded that the criminal law is “generally appropriate” and sufficient for the prosecution of offences committed using social media and no further legislation is required. Following a number of high profile social media incidents such as the McAlpine-Bercow libel case, the trolling of female MPs, the publishing of current photographs…
Read more14.07.14
Iain Wilson writes about tackling revenge porn in the Law Society Gazette
Brett Wilson LLP partner Iain Wilson writes in the Law Society Gazette about the problems of ‘revenge porn’ and the legal remedies available to victims. A copy of the article can be found here.
Read more3.07.14
The criminalisation of revenge porn mooted
The Secretary of State for Justice Chris Grayling has indicated that that the government might seek to introduce legislation to tackle instances of ‘revenge porn’. Revenge porn was thrust into the media spotlight last month when it was revealed that David Cameron’s nanny had become the latest victim of this type of cyber attack (see our earlier blog here). Presently there is…
Read more9.06.14
Prime Minister's nanny is victim of revenge porn posts
David Cameron’s nanny has been the victim of a revenge porn posting this week. The nanny who is said to have a close relationship with the Prime Minister’s wife, Samantha Cameron, believes that an ex-boyfriend may be responsible for the posting of intimate pictures on three adult websites. Her real name is not disclosed on…
Read more21.05.14
Judge refuses to rule that damage to reputation cannot be subject of a privacy claim
In Hannon and another v News Group Newspapers and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2014/1580.html), News Group Newspapers (‘NGN’) sought to strike out two privacy Claims, primarily on the basis that they should have been brought in defamation. The Claimants had issued proceedings after apparently discovering, during the course of Operation Elveden, that corrupt…
Read more15.05.14
'Landmark' ECJ Google ruling on Data Protection Directive
On 13 May 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled in the case of Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) and Mario Costeja Gonzalez (Case C-131/12). Mr Gonzalez had brought a claim against Google after search engine results continued to display an auction notice that had been…
Read more25.09.13
Brett Wilson LLP listed in Legal 500 in four categories
Brett Wilson LLP has been listed in the 2013 edition of the Legal 500 in four separate categories: Defamation and Privacy, Fraud/White Collar Crime, Crime and Fraud/Civil. The directory lists firms who have been recognised as being leaders in a particular field. Partners Nick Brett and Iain Wilson were also separately recommended in the editorial sections…
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