Paper appeals against Naomi ruling

The Daily Mirror today launched its appeal against a High Court judge's ruling in favour of supermodel Naomi Campbell in her recent breach of confidentiality case against the newspaper.

The newspaper says it believes the judge's ruling, delivered in March, to be "fundamentally flawed" and that it should be overturned.

The newspaper also contests Mr Justice Morland's decision to award Miss Campbell her legal costs.

Miss Campbell was awarded £3,500 damages over the Mirror's publication of details about her therapy at Narcotics Anonymous.

She had claimed that she felt "shocked, angry, betrayed and violated" by the February 2001 report, which was accompanied by photos of her leaving an NA meeting in London's King's Road.

The compensation included £2,500 for her claims for breach of confidentiality and breach of duty under the 1998 Data Protection Act.

Mr Justice Morland also awarded her £1,000 aggravated damages over a subsequent article which compared the 31-year-old with a "chocolate soldier".

Campbell, born in Streatham, south London, did not pursue her claim for infringement of privacy.