''Theakston v MGN Ltd'' 002EWHC 137(QB) was a High Court judgment in which British television presenter Jamie Theakston attempted to injunct the ''

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'' from publishing a story about how he visited a brothel in

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. Theakston argued that the publication of the story breached his right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights, that the activities had taken place in private and therefore should be treated as confidential and that there was no public interest in publication. The ''Sunday People'' argued that the publication of the story was in the public interest given the concern of the British Broadcasting Corporation to ensure that presenters of programmes aimed at younger people conduct themselves appropriately in public. The court were sceptical of Theakston's assertion that he only realised that he was in a brothel when other prostitutes entered the room.

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Theakston v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd
English privacy case law 2002 in British law 2002 in case law High Court of Justice cases {{case-law-stub

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