Cases

Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.6)

Facts

Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the first and second Claimants, entered into an agreement with OK! magazine, the third Claimants, by which OK! were given exclusive rights to publish photographs of the Douglas-Zeta-Jones wedding. At the wedding and reception photography was prohibited; employees signed agreements not to take photographs and guests were searched for cameras. Shortly after the wedding the Claimants became aware that Hello! magazine, the first Defendant, was planning to publish surreptitiously taken photographs of the wedding. Although denied an injunction on appeal, the Claimants had won at trial on the grounds of breach of confidence and under the Data Protection Act 1998. This hearing was the assessment of damages.

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