Cases

Douglas v Hello! Ltd (No.6)

Held

The Claimants would be awarded either distress, wasted costs and loss of revenue or a notional licence fee, and not both. It was presumed that they would opt for whichever gave them the higher award, which was the former, compensatory measure. On finding what would have occurred had the events complained of not occurred, Hello! was liable to pay OK! £1,033,156. The Douglases were awarded a total of £14,600 incorporating £3,750 each for distress, £50 each under the Data Protection Act and £7,000 for wasted costs.

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