A v B Plc and Another
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 10 September 2001 |
| Date | 10 September 2001 |
| Court | Queen's Bench Division |
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45 cases
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X & Y v Persons Unknown
...the general proposition has to be recognised that even well known people are entitled to some private life: see e.g. the observations in A v B plc [2003] QB 195 at 208. The court will in every case have to examine the specific evidence and make an evaluation (on which, inevitably, there may......
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Re A (Reporting Restriction Order)
... ... In another colourful metaphor, Eady J in Mosley v NGN Ltd [2008] EWHC 687 (QB) , warned (at paragraph 34) that the court "should guard against slipping into playing the role of King Canute". In recent times, however, the principle has undergone considerable refinement, for two reasons ... 34 ... ...
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Steve Mcclaren v News Group Newspapers Ltd
...to be repeated. This was, said Mr Spearman, plainly a case of hypocrisy. 17 Mr Spearman referred to the decision of the Court of Appeal in A v B Plc ( Flitcroft v MGN Ltd) [2003] QB 195, in which a professional footballer (A), who was married, sought to prevent a newspaper (B) from publish......
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Campbell v MGN Ltd
...said, the courts have been able to achieve this result by absorbing the rights protected by articles 8 and 10 into this cause of action: A v B plc [2003] QB 195, 202, para 4. Further, it should now be recognised that for this purpose these values are of general application. The values embo......
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5 books & journal articles
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PRE-COMMENCEMENT DISCOVERY AND THE ODEX LITIGATION: COPYRIGHT VERSUS CONFIDENTIALITY OR IS IT PRIVACY?
...of the mass media choose to place before the public”. See Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd v ABC[1999] TASSC 114 at para 18. 24 A v B [2002] 1 All ER 449. 25 Theakston v MGN [2002] EMLR 22. See also Max Mosley v News Group Newspapers Ltd[2008] EWHC 1777. 26 Lord Browne of Madingley v Associated New......
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Transforming Breach of Confidence? Towards a Common Law Right of Privacy under the Human Rights Act
...is unreported. Thesubsequent decision on an application by the newspaper concerned to discharge the injunctionis now reported as AvB plc [2002] EMLR 7.Towards a Common Law Right of PrivacySeptember 2003]727rThe Modern Law Review Limited Naomi Campbell’s successful claim for damages21flowing ......
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Clashing Rights, the Welfare of the Child and the Human Rights Act
...in a variety of jurisdictions(pp 204^238).6 See the range of speech/celebrityprivacy cases, including DouglasvHello! [2001] QB 967, AvBPlc[2002] EMLR 7 and Campbell vMGN [2004] 2 WLR1232, HL; [2002]EMLR 30, CA. Instancesalso arise in the family context, where con£icts arise between the Art ......
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AFTER MALCOLMSON V MEHTA: CHARTING NEW WATERS IN THE LAW OF HARASSMENT IN SINGAPORE — CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PERSPECTIVES
...Group Newspapers Ltd[2001] All ER (D) 9; WB v H Bauer Publishing Ltd[2001] All ER (D) 148; A v B plc & Anor (Garry Flitcroft v MGN)[2002] 1 All ER 449; Theakston v MGN Ltd[2002] EWHC 137; Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers[2002] EWHC 499. See also the Australian decision in Australian Broad......
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