Oops, Meghan Markle won her case!

[MyOhMySimon]

www.google.com/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/meghan-markle-wins-high-court-privacy-mail-on-sunday-b919462.html%3famp

She won.

Yes I thought it was a well balanced piece I hope others read it.

I’ve debated today at posting this as it will biased but it’s the leading article in today’s Times. Murdoch is a republican & I wonder how much that influences such articles- I’ve no idea just surmising. I’ve taken a photo so hope it works.

I'm waiting on the Appeal aplication.
Media lawyer Mark Stephens said he envisages the newspaper publisher will seek to go to the Court of Appeal "to have a more definitive ruling on what the law is going forward".
"If you can't effectively report on leaked letters then in those circumstances the media holding people to account is going to be hampered," he said.
"Essentially this judgement in its widest context puts manacles on the media."

“media holding people to account”.

This is a personal correspondence between a father and daughter in a personal rift.

Why on earth would anyone need to be held to “account” by the media?

It is hardly investigative journalism. You know, the stuff they should be focusing on that is in the public interest such as crony spending, undue influence in public affairs/government policy, illegal going to war or supporting such regimes, violence against women, children, minorities...things that make a difference to the public and democracy

Lookingforwardto2021

I thought they said they wanted privacy, I.e., to decide what to share of their private lives. Not that they were going to stay out of the press

Then they need to find out who is leaking their private lives to the press.

Roussette

If it was just for their charitable work it would at least (for me) be palatable, but the need to stop the faux stuff.

rosetylersbiggun

If it was an academic paper you may have a point, but its a public forum.

You hear with the bias that you have and I hear with mine.

But like many others I would prefer that those rich people stopped preaching to the rest of us what we should 't do whilst doing exactly those things.

It might be 'faux' to you.

It's not to me.

Good week for her then, having another baby too.

If it was an academic paper you may have a point, but its a public forum.

LOL no.

If you claim that a household name celebrity has made a public statement, it should be the easiest thing in the world to provide a link to an interview or press release where that statement is quoted.

So please post a link to a interview or article quoting Meghan Markle as stating "I will be staying out of the press from now on" or "I would like to stay out of the press."

Because if not, you've rather made yourself look like a liar...

Just seen Meghan is pregnant. 👏💐🥳 for them.

[quote BlueTimes]It’s not a win from what I can see, despite headlines suggesting otherwise. There will still be a trial as only part of the claim has been found in Meghan’s. I’d imagine the paper will appeal because the more it’s in the media the more clicks they generate which equates to revenue for them.

The data protection claim is also still outstanding and the question over whether there was a co-author of the letter will be determined in court.

news.sky.com/story/meghan-markle-wins-high-court-privacy-claim-against-mail-on-sunday-over-thomas-markle-letter-12215319[/quote]
This part of the case (the publication of the letter) was so cut and dried, it's a summary hearing, no trial was needed as no realistic prospect of successfully defending the issue.

The other 2 points will go to trial but if dm have any sense they'll settle. Dreadful behaviour.

Just saw this in the shop! 'Yes we won't mention her name and will paste a stupid black strip over their eyes like it's not obvious who they are (That's it, lawsuit avoided!) and still say what we want to say', which is to invite public sneering and hatred.

And what's with everyone yapping about her wanting privacy yet sharing things (that she wants to share)? I'm pretty sure those can go hand in hand and most famous people want that.

My god, that paper is utter trash and caters to the stupidest readers.

The DM are not going to settle. There’s a lot of clickbait mileage to be had if they don’t, and that means much more money than they’ll lose in any settlement.

The big problem now is that the royal family are thick as mince, and Meghan is no better in that respect,

Meghan is an actress and she needs publicity both for her career and her personality (you don’t become an actress if you don’t love the limelight). That beautiful and carefully art-directed photo shoot to “announce” her pregnancy was so ill-judged. A short little press release would have done the job, and they could have had the privacy they crave.

@MyOhMySimon UGH. I forget, which city is it that has been boycotting The Sun for several years now because they’re so fucking horrible?

I made a new thread about this paper so it isn't lost in this thread about her court case. Sorry for the double post.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/4166024-Publicity-shy-woman-tells-the-world-shes-pregnant

It’s Liverpool that won’t sell the Sun, because of Hillsborough miscarriage of justice.

Good on them.

And the appeal has been lodged - as predicted up-thread. Great source material for the red-top's headlines going forward...The Duchess, The Boris & The Baby, anyone?

It's not just about MM and TM Lookingforward; the decision (as it stands) is a binding precedent for dealing with other similar cases where there might also be an important public interest issue. For example, say the court was charged with deciding whether a media outlet was justified in publishing 'private' emails between Sturgeon & Murrell on the grounds that they were relevant to the Salmond case or, more broadly, a evidenced a breach of the ministerial code or corruption by the high heidyins - but MM winning her case constrained them from publishing those documents. That's why the decision is being appealed - because there are solid legal grounds to do so and a public interest issue in the eventual outcome in the real grown-up world, as opposed to the Meghan & Harry shaped Instagram one.