Celebrity suits

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Beware mixing nannying and show business - that is the lesson of two recent legal cases. An employment tribunal this month awarded nanny Danielle Potterton 3,000 in compensation after finding that her former employer, the actress Samantha Morton, had colluded with her London showbiz friends to smear her reputation and stop her from getting work. The nanny had been sacked without references by Morton and then by rock 'n' roll couple Pearl Lowe and Danny Goffey. Meanwhile, as Professional Nanny went to press, the high court in Dublin has been hearing how the lead singer and manager of the Irish rock band the Cranberries treated their nanny Joy Fahy. In a lawsuit she has claimed the couple damaged her belongings and breached her contract while keeping her imprisoned at their isolated country home in Canada.