MP granted super-injunction – The Independent
“A serving MP may have taken out a super-injunction preventing details of their activities being exposed, it was disclosed today (5 May).”
The Independent, 5th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Category: injunctions
Chef wins gagging order to suppress tribunal details – Daily Telegraph
“An internationally renowned chef has won a gagging order preventing publication of a legal wrangle with two former employees.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Child’s right to privacy in danger if redacted documents were publishable, court says – OUT-LAW.com
“Redacted information in a document that can be easily deciphered and contains personal information about a child should be prevented from being published in the media, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th May 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Fred Goodwin’s superinjunction text to be studied by MPs – The Guardian
“The text of the superinjunction obtained by the banker Sir Fred Goodwin has been handed to the Treasury select committee so that MPs can examine whether it raises public interest issues.”
The Guardian, 27th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Women to blame for rise in injunctions, says leading lawyer – Daily Telegraph
“Baroness Deech, one of Britain’s leading lawyers, says she is ashamed of the ‘kiss and tell women’ at the centre of most superinjunctions.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Superinjunctions, injunctions and privacy laws around the world – The Guardian
“The rules on privacy depend not just on whether a claimant is a wealthy footballer with a crack legal team to hand but also on the country where the alleged intrusion has taken place.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New superinjunctions row as MP speaks out – The Guardian
“Lib Dem told discussion about specific injunction could only take place in private due to sub judice rules.”
The Guardian, 26th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Calls for Ministry of Justice to reveal number of gagging orders – Daily Telegraph
“A senior MP has demanded the Ministry of Justice reveals how many gagging orders have been granted by the courts amid growing concern that they are becoming too widespread.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Privacy law should be made by MPs, not judges, says David Cameron – The Guardian
“The prime minister has waded into the debate on the use of superinjunctions by the rich and famous to avoid allegations of scandal, declaring that parliament and not the courts should decide where the right to privacy begins.”
The Guardian, 21st April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd – WLR Daily
ETK v News Group Newspapers Ltd[2011] EWCA Civ 439; [2011] WLR (D) 141
“The principles applicable to the grant of an interim injunction restraining publication of private information were well established, but in appropriate cases the court’s approach was to be tempered by a clearer acknowledgment of the importance of the best interests of children.”
WLR Daily, 19th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Have super-injunctions killed the kiss’n’tell? – The Guardian
“For the best part of half a century, kiss’n’tell stories have been guaranteed sales-winners for popular newspapers. The earliest examples – Christine Keeler and Diana Dors spring to mind – were tame stuff compared with their modern equivalents.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Challenge to ban on sex parties in London mansion fails – BBC News
“A man has failed in his bid to overturn a ban on holding events including sex parties at his London mansion.”
BBC News, 20th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New breed of gagging order could send journalists to jail, MP claims – The Guardian
“An MP who is launching an inquiry into excessive and possibly unlawful court secrecy says a new type of gagging order is hampering the work of investigative journalists.”
The Guardian, 17th April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Maftah and another) v Secretary of State for the Foreign Office and Commonwealth Affairs – WLR Daily
“The determination of a claim for judicial review challenging decisions whereby the claimants were placed, as persons believed to be associated with terrorism, on a list the effect of which was that their assets were frozen and release of any funds was placed in the discretion of the state, would not involve the determination of the claimants’ ‘civil rights’ for the purposes of article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 13th April 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Leading actor’s gagging order over affair with Rooney prostitute – Daily Telegraph
“A leading actor granted a gagging order by a judge was trying to prevent the public discovering he had cheated on his wife with a prostitute, Helen Wood, whose clients include Wayne Rooney.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Freed man in court secrecy battle – Daily Telegraph
“A businessman cleared of rape was told by social workers that he could not live with his young daughter and was then banned from asking his MP for help.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
#WithoutPrejudice Podcast 3: Libel – Hyperinjunctions – Lautsi v Italy – Expert immunity – Interns – Silk? – Charon QC
“Welcome to the third episode of Without Prejudice: Tonight, I am afraid, I can’t tell you about our guest… in fact, the superinjunction is so harsh, I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of a guest… but…. I can tell you that David Allen Green and Carl Gardner are at the table…. waiting to discuss libel, privacy, hyperinjunctions, Rough Justice – Miscarriages of Justice, The Lautsi v Italy crucifix case, and we may even have time to discuss expert immunity from suit…and interns.”
Charon QC, 6th April 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Ex-director given permanent ban on revealing confidential information – OUT-LAW.com
“A businessman has been ordered never to improperly reveal confidential information belonging to a company where he used to be a director.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th April 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
New gagging orders stretch right into the heart of parliament – The Guardian
“The revelation by the Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming of a new breed of ‘hyperinjunction’, which forbids the recipient talking about it to MPs, is one of the most disturbing developments in the contest between legitimate privacy and the need for open justice.”
The Guardian, 3rd April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
