A test case involving JK (Harry Potter) Rowling’s son should mean that offspring of celebrities will be protected from intrusion into their private lives. The Court of Appeal has ruled this week that pictures taken of Ms Rowling’s son with a long-range camera may have infringed his human rights. The ruling greatly increases the legal protection of minors who happen to have famous parents.
About Giles
Giles is the founder and managing director of ContractStore. It was his idea to set up a company selling documents online and he has played a major part in the company's development.
He is an English solicitor, with over thirty years' experience of drafting and negotiating commercial and construction contracts in the UK and overseas. He has long been convinced that there is a quicker and simpler approach to the delivery and supply of most contracts, and he is an active proponent of the use of plain English in legal documents. He specialises in the drafting of construction and engineering contracts and as well as contributing contracts to the ContractStore website, he is co-author of the JCT Constructing Excellence Contract publiushed in 2007 (and its predecessor, the Be Collaborative Contract, which is available online from ContractStore).
