PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Subject Matter

HUMAN RIGHTS — Respect for private and family life — Interference with — Claimant granted interim injunction restraining defendant from publishing story in England and Wales concerning claimant’s extra-marital sexual activities and from identifying parties concerned — 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 information covered by injunction now in public domain — Whether publication in public interest — Whether Convention right to freedom of expression taking precedence once story in public domain — Whether further publication by English media interfering with Convention right to respect for private life — Human Rights Act 1998, s 12, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2016] UKSC 26; [2016] AC 1081; [2016] 2 WLR 1253; [2016] 4 All ER 554; [2016] 2 FLR 251; [2016] WLR (D) 272; Case details, SC(E)

TORT — Cause of action — Invasion of privacy — Claimant granted interim injunction restraining defendant from publishing story in England and Wales concerning claimant’s extra-marital sexual activities and from identifying parties concerned — 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 information covered by injunction now in public domain — Whether publication in public interest — Whether tortious invasion of privacy — Whether further publication by English media to be restrained — Human Rights Act 1998, s 12, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2016] UKSC 26; [2016] AC 1081; [2016] 2 WLR 1253; [2016] 4 All ER 554; [2016] 2 FLR 251; [2016] WLR (D) 272; Case details, SC(E)

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Commentary

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