Originally Posted by Aurora13:
“Supreme Court are following the law. It's not a new precedent. It's the tabloids who are attempting to say that that they can print anything about anyone and public interest test no longer applies.”
“Supreme Court are following the law. It's not a new precedent. It's the tabloids who are attempting to say that that they can print anything about anyone and public interest test no longer applies.”
Let me rephrase it then. If the press were to put the story on the front page of every tabloid on an agreed day they would certainly be sued but they would have set a precedent that celebrities cannot count on the courts to bury a story.
Newspapers are slowly dying and being made fools of on the web regarding the story. Breaking an injunction would be costly but could deter others from applying in future if they demonstrated willingness to defy the courts regardless.
(Disclaimer: I am not actually encouraging anyone to break a court order).
I think the Celebrity in question has handled the story incredibly badly. At worst it would have been a week's embarrassment quickly forgotten, instead the story has gone on for months and is known to the entire world, including people like myself who probably wouldn't have paid it any attention otherwise. They have also ensured the lifelong enmity of the UK press for him and his partner who will go after them for the slightest misstep or dirt in future.



