The Times view on free speech: Privacy and the Press – The Times

Posted: December 10, 2021 at 7:03 pm

The Duchess of Sussexs complaint against The Mail on Sunday was upheld by the Court of Appeal

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Only in a mythical utopia are all good things compatible with each other. A free society needs to judge how to trade them off. There is no obvious right answer on how best to arbitrate between both free speech and personal privacy. It should be the prerogative of parliament to resolve the conflict and make laws setting out the protection of each. There are worrying signs that the law is instead being made by judges. The dangers are illustrated in a ruling by the Court of Appeal last week upholding a complaint by Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, against The Mail on Sunday.

The duchess complained that the newspaper had breached her privacy in publishing parts of a letter she had written to her estranged

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