30.
The same theme was developed by Tugendhat J in the second CTB judgment,
which followed the naming in Parliament by an MP of the footballer: Tugendhat J
said:
“3.
It is obvious that if the purpose of this injunction were
to preserve a secret, it would have failed in its purpose. But in
so far as its purpose is to prevent intrusion or harassment, it has
not failed. The fact that tens of thousands of people have named
the claimant on the internet confirms that the claimant and his
family need protection from intrusion into their private and
family life. The fact that a question has been asked in
Parliament seems to me to increase, and not to diminish the
strength of his case that he and his family need that protection.
The order has not protected the claimant and his family from
taunting on the internet. It is still effective to protect them from
taunting and other intrusion and harassment in the print media.”
31.
Tugendhat J’s reasoning in JIH and Eady J’s reasoning in CTB were cited
with approval by MacDonald J in H v A (No 2) [2015] EWHC 2630 (Fam), para 47.
In so far as it is likely that the respondents in the present case would wish to
accompany any stories with pictures of the relevant individuals, it is also consistent
with the Leveson Inquiry Report’s conclusion (para 3.4) that:
“There is a qualitative difference between photographs being
available online and being displayed, or blazoned, on the front
page of a newspaper such as the Sun. The fact of publication in
a mass circulation newspaper multiplies and magnifies the
intrusion, not simply because more people will be viewing the
images, but also because more people will be talking about
them. Thus, the fact of publication inflates the apparent
newsworthiness of the photographs by placing them more
firmly within the public domain and at the top of the news
agenda.”
32.
It is right that the Supreme Court should on the present application express
its own view on the correctness of the approach taken in the authorities discussed in
the preceding paragraphs (paras 26-32). In my opinion, the approach is sound in
general principle. Every case must be considered on its particular facts. But the
starting point is that (i) there is not, without more, any public interest in a legal sense
in the disclosure or publication of purely private sexual encounters, even though
they involve adultery or more than one person at the same time, (ii) any such
disclosure or publication will on the face of it constitute the tort of invasion of
privacy, (iii) repetition of such a disclosure or publication on further occasions is
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