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Douglas v Hello! Ltd

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and intention to damage and conspiracy to injure. However the only successful claims were for breach of confidence and for the breach of the Data Protection Act. The High Court granted an injunction but this was reversed by the Court of Appeal. In the judgment Brooke LJ restated the three
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magazine. In order to ensure the exclusivity there was strict security of the event and no guests were allowed to take photographs, the event was closed to the media and guests were told to surrender any equipment which could be used to take photographs. However a freelance photographer
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The House of Lords agreed in a 3-2 judgment that the photographs of the wedding were confidential, that there were circumstances of confidence and that publication of the photographs had been to the detriment of
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and the Douglases were successful in claiming for breach of confidence against Hello! Ltd. as the company producing Hello!, its Spanish mother Hola! SA, and their proprietor Eduardo Sanchez Junco.
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magazine retained confidence in publishing photographs that the Douglases agreed should be published but retained a right of privacy in remaining photographs. The only way in which
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2 WLR 992 the Douglases attempted to gain an injunction to prevent the publication of unauthorized photographs. The Douglases and
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challenged the unauthorised use of photographs of their wedding in the English courts. The case resulted in
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magazine which would give the company exclusivity over their wedding which took place in 2000 at the
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in New York. According to the deal, the couple were to approve the selection of photographs used by
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The prospective claimants have to make clear that no photographic pictures are to be taken.
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Brooke LJ ruled that the couple could not expect privacy at a wedding with 250 guests.
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subsequently appealed to the Court of Appeal. The Court of Appeal ruled that the
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magazine which had earlier attempted to bid for the photographs. The deal with
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2007 UKHL 21 House of Lords appeal of the 2005 EWCA CIV 106 judgment
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The Judge (Lindsay J) upheld the Douglases claim to confidence.
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requirements for there to have been a breach of confidence.
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Index

Douglas v Hello!
OBG Ltd v Allan

EWCA Civ 595
[2005] EWCA Civ 595
Michael Douglas
Catherine Zeta-Jones
OK!
Michael Douglas
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Plaza Hotel
OK!
Rupert Thorpe
Jeremy Thorpe
OK! Magazine
breach of confidence
invasion of privacy
Data Protection Act 1998
OBG Ltd v Allan
Privacy in English law
"Personality Database"
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"Douglas v. Hello! - Case Watch Law Articles and News - Lawdit Reading Room"
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"Douglas v Hello! - An OK! result"
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"Personality Database"
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