Daily Mail publisher loses appeal against Paul Weller privacy ruling
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Version 0 of 1. Associated Newspapers has lost its challenge to an award of £10,000 privacy damages to three of Paul Weller’s children. The group claimed High Court judge Mr Justice Dingemans was wrong in his application of the law and created what was, in effect, an “image right” for the first time. This would have far-reaching adverse effects on the freedom of the UK media if allowed to stand, the Court of Appeal heard last month. The 57-year-old frontman of The Jam and The Style Council brought the case after the unobscured faces of daughter Dylan, 16, and 10-month-old twins John Paul and Bowie were “plastered” over the Mail Online website. The Master of the Rolls Lord Dyson, Lord Justice Tomlinson and Lord Justice Bean dismissed the appeal on Friday and refused Associated permission to appeal to the Supreme Court. |