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Case Law, Strasbourg: McCann and Healy v Portugal, Article 8 claim by McCanns dismissed – Catherine Arnold

November 29, 2022 / / 1 Comment

In McCann and Healy v. Portugal ([2022] ECHR 725)(in French only), the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that the applicants’ Article 8 rights had not been violated by the publication of a book, a documentary programme, and a newspaper interview alleging that the applicants’ daughter had died inside their holiday flat and that the applicants had hidden her dead body and fabricated her abduction. Continue reading

News: Gerry and Kate McCann awarded damages of €500,000 in Portuguese libel action, summary of the Judgment

May 3, 2015 / / 1 Comment

McCannsOn 27 April 2015, the First Civil Chamber of Lisbon handed down judgment in the claim brought by Gerry and Kate McCann against the former Portuguese police officer, Gonçalo Amaral over his book Maddie – The Truth of the Lie.  The claimants were awarded damages of €500,000 plus interest.  The judgment, in Portuguese, is available here (McCanns v Amaral [pdf]).  There is, at present, no definitive English translation. Continue reading

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