European Court option to curb press intrusion

From: The Independent - London | Date: September 27, 1994| Author: COLIN BROWN, Chief Political Correspondent | Copyright information

THE SECRETARY of State for National Heritage has asked his officials to look into the possibility of using the European Court of Human Rights as a remedy for the invasion of privacy by the press.

Stephen Dorrell has ordered a review of the possibility of appeals to the European Court as part of a wholesale rethink of the White Paper on the press and privacy. He has asked officials to see whether individuals whose privacy is invaded by the press could use article eight of the European C...

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