The WLR Daily case summaries
[2016] WLR (D) 272
Supreme Court
PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd
[2016] UKSC 26
2016 April 21;
May 19
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury PSC, Baroness Hale of Richmond DPSC, Lord Mance, Lord Reed, Lord Toulson JJSC
Confidential information— Breach of confidence— Injunction— Claimant granted interim injunction restraining defendant from publishing story in England and Wales concerning claimant’s extra-marital sexual activities— Foreign and Scottish newspapers publishing story identifying claimant — Story also available on internet and social media websites— Defendant applying for injunction to be lifted on grounds that story now in public domain— Whether publication in public interest— Whether Convention right ti freedom of expression taking precedence once is story in public domain— Whether further publication by English media interfering with right to privacy—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), s 12, Sch 1, Pt 1 arts 8, 10