From Von Hannover to Von Hannover and Axel Springer AG: Do Competing ECHR Proportionality Factors Ever Add up to Certainty?

A general 'news' tag around which to hang the publication of celebrity ‘out-and-about’ pictures can trump ECHR Article 8 privacy rights with the Article 10 right to impart information. The fact that such pictures were not taken surreptitiously can also be an important factor in the proportionality balancing act between the two rights.