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Ferdinand’s defence falls short – Rio Ferdinand v MGN Limited, High Court

6 October 2011 | Simon Weinberg

MGN Limited, the media publisher, published a story in 2010 which suggested that Rio Ferdinand, the now former captain of the England football team, was in an extra-marital relationship. Ferdinand issued...

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If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen – Court of Appeal rules in favour of disclosure of private issues against ex-Gordon Ramsey employee after conducting public quarrel – Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal

30 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Gordon Ramsey and an ex-employee, Christopher Hutcheson, had a public fight after the famous chef had dismissed him for misconduct. Hutcheson had used company funds for private purposes, but the parties...

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Supreme Court rules that police guidelines for indefinite retention of fingerprints and DNA data is unlawful – GC and C v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Supreme Court

7 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Supreme Court has ruled that, following a 2008 European Convention of Human Rights decision, the current guidelines of the Association of Chief Police Officers regarding data retention are unlawful...

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Parliament and social networking sites take on courts in Premier League footballer super-injunction row

24 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The story has become so common now. Celebrity takes part in questionable extra-marital practices; participant wants to sell their story to the newspapers; celebrity applies for super-injunction that prohibits...

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Children’s privacy rights and protection against bullying key factor in order to prohibit details of love cheat story – ETK v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal

4 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling and issued a super-injunction against News Group Newspapers prohibiting its publication of details of an affair between two celebrities who were married...

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Newspaper’s re-tweeting was ok, says press regulator

6 March 2011 | Mark Weston

It was legitimate for The Daily Mail newspaper to re-publish Tweets that a Department of Transport civil servant had posted on her Twitter account. This was despite her protestations that she had only...

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Judge refuses to require online newspaper to disclose anonymous posters’ details over ‘pub talk’ comments after article– Clift v Clarke, High Court

3 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

After Ms Clift had successfully sued Slough Council for defamation proceedings, the Daily Mail newspaper ran a story about the case. In correspondence, Ms Clift described the newspaper’s report as excellent....

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ECHR upholds House of Lords decision in Naomi Campbell drug case – Campbell v MGN, European Court of Human Rights

3 February 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected MGN’s appeal against the House of Lords ruling seven years ago regarding MGN’s infringement of Naomi Campbell’s rights to privacy contrary to Article...

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Electronic relationship between married celebrity and mentally ill person should be kept private and so should the identities of the people involved – CDE v MGN, High Court

21 January 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The first claimant, a television celebrity, was married to the second claimant. They had teenage children. The all kept their lives private and had not sought to court publicity over their private lives....

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Pop star says ‘Take That’ as injunction to protect privacy continues – Donald v Ntuli, Court of Appeal

30 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Howard Donald – one of the stars of pop group Take That – has persuaded the Court of Appeal to continue an injunction to protect his privacy. His ex-girlfriend, Adakini Ntuli, had wanted to sell her...

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Latest news and views tagged Human Rights Act

Ferdinand’s defence falls short – Rio Ferdinand v MGN Limited, High Court

If you don’t like the heat, get out of the kitchen – Court of Appeal rules in favour of disclosure of private issues against ex-Gordon Ramsey employee after conducting public quarrel – Hutcheson v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal

Supreme Court rules that police guidelines for indefinite retention of fingerprints and DNA data is unlawful – GC and C v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis, Supreme Court

Parliament and social networking sites take on courts in Premier League footballer super-injunction row

Children’s privacy rights and protection against bullying key factor in order to prohibit details of love cheat story – ETK v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal

Newspaper’s re-tweeting was ok, says press regulator

Judge refuses to require online newspaper to disclose anonymous posters’ details over ‘pub talk’ comments after article– Clift v Clarke, High Court

ECHR upholds House of Lords decision in Naomi Campbell drug case – Campbell v MGN, European Court of Human Rights

Electronic relationship between married celebrity and mentally ill person should be kept private and so should the identities of the people involved – CDE v MGN, High Court

Pop star says ‘Take That’ as injunction to protect privacy continues – Donald v Ntuli, Court of Appeal

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