Damages sought over photos

Lawyers for Hollywood couple Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones are expected to return to London’s High Court today to fight for damages from celebrity magazine Hello!, which printed unauthorized photographs of their wedding.

In April, the glamorous pair won a legal battle against Hello! for publishing the unflattering pictures three days before official shots appeared in rival magazine OK!, which had signed a $1.6-million deal with the couple. The judge ruled that the photographs -- snatched by a member of the paparazzi who gate-crashed their wedding in New York in 2000 -- breached the couple’s rights of confidence. But he rejected their claims for invasion of privacy and “aggravated and exemplary” damages. Presiding Judge John Lindsay left the issue of damages and costs until this week.