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11/04/2003
Hollywood stars win damages against Hello!
Hollywood actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones have won damages in their court battle with Hello!, after the magazine published pictures of the couple's wedding without their permission.
However, the magazine is claiming a partial victory after the judge dismissed nine of the 13 complaints brought against the glossy weekly – including the question of whether the Douglas's right to privacy had been breached.
The celebrity couple had been seeking £500,000 damages from Hello! after photographs from their wedding were published in the magazine without their permission. The Douglas's had agreed an exclusive $1 million deal with Hello! rival – OK! magazine – to publish selected photographs of the event in 2000.
Awarding damages, Mr Justice Lindsay ruled that Hello! had breached the couple's "commercial confidence" but dimissed claims that the magazine had been involved in paparazzi conspiracy to obtain the photographs.
As part of the ruling, the Douglas's won an injunction prohibiting the publication of Hello!'s pictures in the future.
(GMcG)
However, the magazine is claiming a partial victory after the judge dismissed nine of the 13 complaints brought against the glossy weekly – including the question of whether the Douglas's right to privacy had been breached.
The celebrity couple had been seeking £500,000 damages from Hello! after photographs from their wedding were published in the magazine without their permission. The Douglas's had agreed an exclusive $1 million deal with Hello! rival – OK! magazine – to publish selected photographs of the event in 2000.
Awarding damages, Mr Justice Lindsay ruled that Hello! had breached the couple's "commercial confidence" but dimissed claims that the magazine had been involved in paparazzi conspiracy to obtain the photographs.
As part of the ruling, the Douglas's won an injunction prohibiting the publication of Hello!'s pictures in the future.
(GMcG)
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