Ali and Another v Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd: CA 16 Apr 2019

The claimant’s eviction had been filmed and broadcast by the defendants. They succeeded in an award of pounds 10,000 damages for breach of their rights of privacy. The parties cross appealed against the sum awarded and the finding respectively.
Held: Both appeals failed.
Where there is a rational view by which publication can be justified in the public interest, a court must give full weight to editorial knowledge and discretion, and be slow to interfere

Judges:

Irwin LJ

Citations:

[2019] EWCA Civ 677

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Citing:

Appeal fromAli and Another v Channel 5 Broadcast Ltd ChD 22-Feb-2018
The claimants said that a filming of their eviction from property was an invasion of their privacy.
Held: The Claimants did have a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of the information included in the Programme about which they . .
See AlsoAli and Another v Channel 5 Broadcast Ltd ChD 19-Apr-2018
Decision as to costs after findings of misuse of private information . .

Cited by:

CitedZXC v Bloomberg Lp CA 15-May-2020
Privacy Expecation during police investigations
Appeal from a judgment finding that the Defendant had breached the Claimant’s privacy rights. He made an award of damages for the infraction of those rights and granted an injunction restraining Bloomberg from publishing information which further . .
CitedHRH The Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd ChD 11-Feb-2021
Defence had no prospect of success – Struck Out
The claimant complained that the defendant newspaper had published contents from a letter she had sent to her father. The court now considered her claims in breach of privacy and copyright, and her request for summary judgment.
Held: Warby J . .
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Media, Information, Human Rights

Updated: 24 July 2022; Ref: scu.635952