References: Unreported, 19 October 2001
Coram: Connell J
Complaint was made about the publication of photographs of the survivor of conjoined twins who was only one year old. The photographs were taken in a street in Malta but followed the earlier publication of photographs and press articles based on interviews which the child’s parents gave in order to raise money for her care.
Held: The photograph constituted at most a minimal breach of the right to privacy given the innocuous nature of the photographs and the fact that they would not enable the reader to make a subsequent identification of the child. The court doubted whether Article. 8 was engaged at all given the public nature of the area where they were taken.
Statutes: European Convention on Human Rights 8
This case is cited by:
- Cited – Murray -v- Express Newspapers Plc and Another ChD (Bailii, [2007] EWHC 1908 (Ch), Times 04-Oct-07, [2008] 1 WLR 2846)
The claimant, now aged four and the son of a famous author, was photographed by use of a long lens, but in a public street. He now sought removal of the photograph from the defendant’s catalogue, and damages for breach of confidence.
Held: The . . - Cited – Murray -v- Big Pictures (UK) Ltd; Murray -v- Express Newspapers CA (Bailii, [2008] EWCA Civ 446, [2008] 3 WLR 1360, [2008] HRLR 33, [2008] UKHRR 736, [2008] 2 FLR 599, [2008] 3 FCR 661, [2008] ECDR 12, [2008] EMLR 1, [2008] Fam Law 732, [2009] Ch 481)
The claimant, a famous writer, complained on behalf of her infant son that he had been photographed in a public street with her, and that the photograph had later been published in a national newspaper. She appealed an order striking out her claim . .
