Tag Archives: public interest
Should Demi Moore’s emergency call have been kept private?
When the actress Demi Moore needed emergency medical care at her home in Los Angeles last week, her friend called 911. A partially redacted recording of the call was later released by state officials, prompting media reports around the world. … read more
A “tenuous claim to privacy”: Hutcheson v News Group
Can you expect to keep a second family private? That was the ambitious hope of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson. Mr Hutcheson got married in 1968. He and his wife had four children, all now grown up. He remains … read more
Disclosure of documents in privacy litigation
What documents is a claimant entitled to demand from a media defendant in a privacy case? Last week Eady J rejected a disclosure application against the Sunday Mirror by the footballer Rio Ferdinand, who is suing the paper for misuse … read more
Max Mosley and the public interest in exposing hypocrisy
In an interesting interview with the Financial Times, the UK’s most indomitable privacy claimant, Max Mosley, challenges the notion that there might be a public interest in exposing hypocrisy. Having permitted Mr Mosley the opportunity to speculate about the sex life … read more
Undercover reporting – ‘Cablegate’
On 20 December 2010 the Daily Telegraph published a report based on secretly recorded conversations with the Business Secretary Vince Cable. The reporters from the Telegraph had gained access to Mr Cable’s advice surgery by falsely representing themselves as Liberal … read more
Van Morrison gets privacy injunction
The musician Van Morrison has obtained an injunction against the News of the World to prevent the publication of private information apparently disclosed to the newspaper by a tradesman working at the musician’s house. The injunction was ordered by Gillen … read more
