Intellectual Property: Breach of ConfidenceMisuse of Private Information
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Intellectual Property: Breach of ConfidenceMisuse of Private Information
On 6 May 2004, the House of Lords handed down its judgment in the case of Campbell v MGN Limited [2004] UKHL 22 on appeal from [2002] EWCA Civ 1373. The Appellate Committee consisted of Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Carswell. Lord Nicholls and Lord Hoffman ruled to dismiss the appeal; however Lord Hope, Baroness Hale and Lord Carswell allowed the appeal and restored the ruling of the judge of the court of first instance.
The FactsThe facts of this case were as follows. On 1 February 2001 the Mirror newspaper ran a front page article entitled "Naomi: I am a drug addict" which gave details of the super model Naomi Campbe...See the full content of this document
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