Cases

T (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) v BBC

Facts

T was a vulnerable adult with an IQ of 63 whose two year old daughter was made subject to a care order and adopted. The BBC made a documentary about her experience and filmed key events in the adoption process. The BBC obtained T’s consent prior to her involvement in the filming. T was then deemed incapable of giving consent either to participation in filming or to broadcast of the documentary. The Official Solicitor, acting on T’s behalf, sought an injunction to prevent identification of T in the documentary on the grounds that broadcast would invade T’s Article 8 rights.

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