[4] This point was reaffirmed when the House of Lords ruled in Campbell v MGN (a case involving a supermodel who claimed that she had not taken drugs).
[5][failed verification] It has also been stated that the European Convention on Human Rights does not require the development of an independent tort of privacy.
[10] The decision was seen as discrediting the Press Complaints Commission[11] The expansion of the doctrine of breach of confidence under the Human Rights Act began with the Douglas v Hello!
[12] Breach of confidence now extends to private information (regardless of whether it is confidential) so as to give effect to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
This would require journalists to approach the subject of any investigation and inform them of the details of any allegations made about them, therefore allowing an injunction to be claimed.
[14] The increasing protections afforded to the private lives of individuals has sparked debate as to whether English law gives enough weight to freedom of the press and whether intervention by Parliament would be beneficial.
The editor of the satirical magazine Private Eye Ian Hislop has argued against the development of English privacy law.