Cases

Campbell v MGN Ltd (QBD)

Facts

Naomi Campbell was photographed coming out of a Narcotics Anonymous ("NA") meeting on the King's Road. The "Mirror" published an article publishing photographs of her with the other attendee's of the meeting's faces pixallated in order to protect their identities. The Headline alongside the photograph read "Naomi: I'm a drug addict" and the article contained in very general terms information relating to Ms Campbell's treatment for drug addiction, including the number of NA meetings she had attended. The Claimant claimed damages for breach of confidentiality and compensation under s.13 Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to this article and subsequent ones published by the "Mirror". It was accepted by the Claimant that the "Mirror" was entitled to publish that she was a drug addict and the fact that she was having therapy. but she contended that the information that the therapy was being obtained through NA and the details of her attendance at meetings were private and confidential.

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