"And the battle Warren and Brandeis fought, against the evil of gossip, has been well and truly lost with the passage of time.
However the right to what I might call privacy, remains an issue; particularly where to draw the line between freedom of expression and any remaining right an individual has to have some control over the gathering and publication of information about personal aspects of their life. And what can or should be done when that line is crossed.

I take issue with and repudiate those who assert that privacy in modern times is dead and, that we should get over it. And with those who claim the current framework within which the media deals with privacy issues and concerns is effective and works well. It is of course, ineffective and works, in the main, to the benefit of media organisations."

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