Madonna, always in fighting shape, has won a round against the British press.
The pop star won a judgment yesterday against a British tabloid that she accused of breaching her privacy and copyright by publishing pictures of her 2000 wedding.
Madonna, who says the pictures were stolen by an interior decorator from her home in Beverly Hills, California, is seeking damages in excess of 5 ($NZ14.10) million pounds from the publishers of the Mail on Sunday newspaper.
Judge David Eady entered a judgment in her favor but deferred a decision on compensation until the new year.
Madonna and film director Guy Ritchie, who recently gained a preliminary divorce decree, were married at a Scottish castle on December 22, 2000.
No pictures of the event had been published until they appeared October 19 in the Mail on Sunday, said Matthew Nicklin, a lawyer representing Madonna. The newspaper published 11 photographs over the front page and a double-page inside spread.
"She was ambushed, for the simple reason that if the Mail on Sunday had told her what they intended to do, the claimant would have sought and obtained an injunction," Nicklin said.
Nicklin said the newspaper paid 5000 pounds for the pictures.
Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Mail on Sunday, had no immediate comment on the court's decision.
