Murray (by his litigation friends, Murray and another) v Express Newspapers plc and another – WLR Daily

Posted October 3rd, 2007 in human rights, law reports, privacy by sally

Murray (by his litigation friends, Murray and another) v Express Newspapers plc and another [2007] EWHC 1908 (Ch D)

“Routine activities conducted in a public place, such as walking down the street or visiting the shops, did not attract any reasonable expectation or guarantee of privacy so that an individual who had been photographed in a public place could not rely on the right to respect for his private and family life under art 8 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998, absent some other special circumstance such as harassment or distress.”

WLR Daily, 7th August 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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