Private Law Theory

ABSTRACT
We examine Douglas (No 3) in several sections to illustrate its landmark status. We begin in section II with an overview of the decision, before turning in section III to assess how the court grappled with the independence or otherwise of privacy protection. In section IV, the privileged approach to photographs is discussed before moving to consider in section V how controlling one’s image interfaced with privacy protection. Section VI analyses the wide-ranging remedial issues raised during the litigation.

Aplin, Tanya F and Skillen, Judith, Douglas v Hello! Ltd (September 20, 2022) in P Coe and P Wragg (eds), Landmark Cases in Privacy Law (Hart, 2023), ch 10.