Daily Mail: Some People Push Back

The Daily Mail's homophobia finally got them in the dock today.
Carina Trimingham, the bisexual partner of Liberal Democrat minister Chris Huhne, got them there.
She started her legal action against publishers Associated Newspapers because of eight "humiliating and embarrassing" articles the Mail ran over eleven days last June that revealed she had left her female civil partner, Julie Bennett, for Huhne.
In her writ she called the attacks "relentless and spiteful."
The Mail's lawyers claimed freedom of speech meant newspapers should be able to discuss someone's sexuality, even using rude or discourteous language.
According to Media Guardian; "[Her barrister William] Bennett claimed that the 'perjorative' references to her sexuality were not only hurtful, but were also a breach of section 12 of the Press Complaints Commission code of practice which 'makes it absolutely clear that a person's sexuality ought to be mentioned unless genuinely relevant to the story'."
Trimingham has also lodged objections to a piece by Richard Littlejohn and the publication of an "inherently private photo" of her civil partnership ceremony - which is still up on Mail Online.
The Mail was still putting the boot into Huhne and Trimingham only last month; 'It's a nightmare conference for Chris Huhne as both his wife AND his mistress turn up'.
Let's hope Carina Trimingham takes them to the cleaners.


Update: The hearing will be on Thursday. Here's Press Gazette's account of the case.