Application by the Claimant to strike out the defence or, alternatively, for summary judgment to be entered in the Claimant’s favour and for a permanent injunction.
Held: Summary judgment given. It was not necessary to resolve all the factual issues before concluding with ‘no hesitation’ that the claimant’s privacy rights would ‘far outweigh’ the free speech rights relied on by the defendant.
Judges:
Mr Justice Nicol
Citations:
[2020] EWHC 931 (QB)
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – HRH 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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Updated: 23 July 2022; Ref: scu.650199