Mirror faces €1.5m legal bill after Campbell ruling

THE Daily Mirror newspaper is facing a €1.5 million legal bill after it was ruled the newspaper had gone too far in publishing details of supermodel Naomi Campbell’s fight against drug addiction.

Mirror faces €1.5m legal bill after Campbell ruling

The House of Lords held the 33-year-old supermodel was entitled to damages against the newspaper for breach of confidence.

Her victory was by a 3-2 majority, but even the Lords who ruled against her said the time had come to recognise that an individual's right to a private life under human rights laws could form part of an action against a newspaper, even though there was no specific law against invasion of privacy.

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