VICTORIA BECKHAM - BECKHAM MAGAZINE CASE TO GO TO TRIAL

VICTORIA BECKHAM has lost a bid to get an immediate judgement in an lawsuit against a British publication - meaning the case is now set to go to trial.
The former Spice Girl launched legal action against Grazia magazine earlier this year (08), seeking damages for "hurt feelings and distress".
The star is accusing publishers Bauer Consumer Media Ltd of invasion of privacy over an article published in April (08) which claimed she was unhappy about her soccer ace husband David's social life in Los Angeles.
Beckham had applied to the court for an immediate decision on the case - but at a hearing in London on Friday (31Oct08) Mr Justice Eady ruled it could not be settled without the arguments being presented in full.
Beckham's lawyer, Hugh Tomlinson QC, told the court, "This is a publication which is simply designed to entertain the readers of Grazia for its own commercial purposes. It's selling copies on the back of what are claimed to be revelations about Victoria Beckham's private life and it is at that point that the law clearly draws a line."
Bosses at Bauer Consumer Media deny invasion of privacy.