In privacy cases, the right to freedom of expression is 'the trump card that always wins'.

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The statement is false. While Lord Hoffmann said this in R v Central Independent Television plc [1994], the law has developed somewhat in more recent years. In fact, Lord Hoffmann himself said (in Campbell v Mirror Group Newspapers [2004]) that there is 'no presumption in favour of one [right] rather than the other' [55]. In PJS v News Group Newspapers [2016] the Supreme Court re-emphasised that neither Article takes precedent over the other.

In Privacy Cases, the Right to Freedom of Expression Is