Campbell v MGN Ltd

Subject Matter

CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION — Disclosure — Public interest — Details of celebrity's private life — Celebrity averring publicly that she did not take drugs — Newspaper disclosing details of drug addiction treatment and publishing photographs of her leaving self-help group meeting — Whether violation of right to privacy — Whether justified in public interest — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2002] EWCA Civ 1373; [2003] QB 633; [2003] 2 WLR 80; [2003] 1 All ER 224, CA

[2004] UKHL 22; [2004] 2 AC 457; [2004] 2 WLR 1232; [2004] 2 All ER 995, HL(E)

DATA PROTECTION — Journalist — Data protection obligations — Newspaper publishing details of celebrity's private life without consent — Whether publication breaching data protection legislation — Whether data “processing” extending to hard copy publication of processed data — Whether newspaper exempt from data protection obligations after publication — Data Protection Act 1998, ss 1, 32

[2002] EWCA Civ 1373; [2003] QB 633; [2003] 2 WLR 80; [2003] 1 All ER 224, CA

[2004] UKHL 22; [2004] 2 AC 457; [2004] 2 WLR 1232; [2004] 2 All ER 995, HL(E)

Appellate History

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Exceptional Cases - Privacy: new or extended torts 37.39

Exceptional Cases - Protection of private or confidential information 37.41

Exceptional Cases - Balancing art. 8 and art. 10 rights 37.43

Privacy, Freedom of Expression and Injunctions - Article 8 91.55