Ewan McGregor Wins Privacy Action

Ewan McGregor has succeeded in his privacy action against paparazzi photographer and photographic broker Jason Fraser, his company Fraser Woodward Ltd and the French photographic agency Eliot Press.

The action related to photographs taken of Mr McGregor's children while on holiday in Mauritius for breach of confidence, data protection and invasion of privacy.

As part of the settlement, the Defendants agreed to pay damages and costs, and gave undertakings not to take further pictures of the children. Significantly, Mr Fraser and Fraser Woodward Ltd joined two national newspapers into the action, and these were party to the settlement. The High Court has approved the agreement.

In addition the injunction against Eliot Press SARL imposed by Mr Justice Eady last November (reported in the Dec/Jan 2004 edition of Get Carter-Ruck) remains in place.

Ewan McGregor was represented by Mark Thomson of Carter-Ruck.

Get Carter-Ruck
Summer 2004