(Started this thread before I saw the Men at Work thread, and (specifically) Myona's comment)
― Mark G, Thursday, 30 July 2009 13:55 (fourteen years ago) link
five years pass...
'Unnecessary intrusion'
Solicitor Callum Galbraith said the "deeply intrusive" article caused particular distress because he had actively sought to avoid the media's glare.
"Publicity was the inevitable, but avoidable, consequence for the claimant in so far as Reveal's article is concerned," Mr Galbraith said.
"Despite describing the article as the product of an investigation, at its core was a combination of speculation, gossip and private information.
"As Reveal now accepts, the article constituted an unjustifiable and unnecessary intrusion into the claimant's private and family life.
"The only reason for it being published at all was the fame and notoriety of the claimant's wife which is, of course, no justification for a publication that in truth should never have been made. Reveal now accepts this."
The sum paid has not been disclosed. Reveal's solicitor Aimee Nisbet said it would not republish the article or any similar information about Mr Fernandez-Versini in the future.
Neither Mr Fernandez-Versini nor his wife were at the hearing.
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