Celebrities Snap Back At Paparazzi

The infant son of J K Rowling "M", issued a court

case against a photographic agency for breach of his right to

respect for his privacy under Article 8 of the European

Convention on Human Rights. Initially the case was dismissed

but on appeal by M the question posed was whether there was a

reasonable expectation of privacy. If the answer was yes, then

the question asked was how the balance should be struck as

between the child's privacy and the publisher's right

to publish. The fact that the child was the child of a famous

author wasn't enough to consider that he had no reasonable

expectation of privacy. The case was allowed on appeal and will

be permitted to proceed to trial. The judge said that the law

should protect children from intrusive media attention,

particularly where the photographs taken in a public place

would be objected to on his behalf.

Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley and husband Arun Nayer have recently

won £58,000 in damages for invasion of their privacy by

photos taken by a photographic agency whilst they were on

holiday in a private resort in the Maldives. Hurley was

particularly upset that photos were taken of Hurley's son

playing...