Tabloid’s legal fees in Campbell privacy case ‘out of proportion’

MASSIVE legal fees the Daily Mirror had to pay after losing a court battle with model Naomi Campbell were “disproportionate” and a breach of the newspaper’s right to “freedom of expression”, human rights judges ruled.

The Mirror was ordered by British courts to pay Ms Campbell £3,500 (€4,180) in compensation for beaching her privacy by publishing “offensive and distressing” pictures as well as articles revealing her treatment for drug addiction.

But Ms Campbell’s legal costs, which the paper also had to pay, amounted to more than £1 million (€1.19m) — including “success fees” of more than £365,000 (€436,006) agreed between the model and her lawyers.