Two European privacy judgments tilt balance towards freedom of expression
09-Feb-2012 | Copyright & Media Law, Technology, Media & Telecoms
Axel Springer AG v Germany and Von Hannover v Germany (No. 2)
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg has delivered two important Grand Chamber judgments on the law relating to privacy and freedom of expression. In Axel Springer AG v Germany and Von Hannover v Germany (No. 2), the ECHR has held that the media's right to publish the stories and photographs at issue outweighed the subjects' rights to privacy. In reaching this view, the Court expressly recognised the essential role played by the press in a democratic society, and the importance of journalistic freedom.
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Lawyers Mark Dennis, Niri Shanmuganathan
