#PAUL WELLER CHILD FREE#

#PAUL WELLER CHILD FREE#

To that end, said Weller, “it should be a criminal offence to violate any child’s right to grow up free from media intrusion. Speaking outside the High Court in London yesterday, Hannah Weller said that their case had confirmed the privacy rights of the children of celebrities under European law, but that – while their children were now likely safe from the paparazzo’s lens, having proven their willingness to sue – the tabloids and gossip sites continue to publish a flood of pointless photos showing the offspring of the rich and famous. Weller was awarded £10,000 in damages, though the Mail vowed to appeal. The Mail argued that: the snapper in question did not violate any Californian laws, the photos were harmless, Weller had discussed his family in interviews, his wife had tweeted photos of their twin sons, and his teenage daughter had modelled with Vogue.īut the court ruled that the Mail, as a UK-based paper, was governed by European privacy law oblivious of where the photos were taken, and that the website had breached those laws by publishing the snaps. The singer said the photos were “plainly voyeuristic” and a “blatant impediment to the natural social progress of children”, and were taken despite him specifically asking the photographer to leave them alone. The wife of Paul Weller has called for a change in the law to make it a criminal offence for newspapers to publish photos of children without the consent of their parents.Īs previously reported, the Wellers successfully sued Mail Online after it published pap photos taken in California showing the one-time Jam man shopping with three of his children and his wife.

Business News Legal Media Paul Weller’s wife calls for new laws to protect child privacy rights By Chris Cooke | Published on Friday 13 June 2014

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