A v B plc

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A v B plc (also known as Flitcroft v MGN Ltd) [1] is a 2003 case in English legal case in which a Premiership footballer sought an injunction to prevent a Sunday newspaper from publishing details of his extra-marital affair. The Court of Appeal granted a temporary injunction against publication. The case established that it is not for the press to show a public interest in publication but for the applicant to show why a free press should be overborne. [2]

Lord Woolf remarked in the case "Where an individual is a public figure he is entitled to have his privacy respected. A public figure is entitled to a private life" but a celebrity "should recognise that because of his public position he must expect and accept that his actions will be more closely scrutinised by the media." [3]

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  1. ↑ Melville-Brown, Amber. "Media law". Law Society Gazette. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Davis, Howard , Human rights and civil liberties, p200
  3. ↑ A v B & C [2002] EWCA Civ 337 , [2003] QB 195, [2002] 3 WLR 542, [2002] 2 All ER 545, [2002] Fam Law 415, [2002] UKHRR 457, 12 BHRC 466, [2002] 1 FLR 1021, [2002] HRLR 25, [2002] EMLR 21, [2002] 2 FCR 158(11 March 2002)


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