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‘The damage runs deep’: Meghan Markle hits out after winning case against British newspaper – Sydney Morning Herald
The judgment means the former actress will avoid embarrassing courtroom testimony from her father Thomas Markle.
The Mail on Sunday wanted the dispute to go to trial but Justice Mark Warby found the Duchess had a reasonable expectation that the contents of the letter would remain private and the newspaper interfered with that expectation.
Taken as a whole the disclosures were manifestly excessive and hence unlawful, he said.
The verdict will give editors pause for thought on the threshold needed to publish documents they legally obtain. Thomas Markle willingly gave the letter to the newspaper.
In a statement,…
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