Cases

A v B plc (Flitcroft v MGN Ltd)

Held

Where a court was considering whether to grant relief that might interfere with the freedom of the press, as protected by Article 10 of the ECHR, that interference had to be justified, even where there was no public interest in the material in question being published. The Defendants' appeal was allowed. Where one party to a relationship wished to disclose information about that relationship, that affected the Article 8 right to confidentiality of the other party to the relationship. While recognising the special status of marriage, courts had to recognise and give appropriate weight to the extensive range of relationships which now existed, the more stable the relationship the greater the significance to be attached to it. There was a significant difference between the confidentiality which attached to what was intended to be a permanent relationship and that which attached to the category of relationships which the Claimant was involved with.

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