Garry Mann wins injunction against extradition – The Guardian

Posted April 29th, 2010 in extradition, injunctions, news, trials by sally

“Football fan Garry Mann has won permission to continue his legal battle against extradition to Portugal, where he was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a riot at the Euro 2004 tournament.”

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The Guardian, 29th April 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Judicial committee to investigate use of ‘super injunctions’ – OUT-LAW.com

Posted April 12th, 2010 in defamation, injunctions, media, news by sally

“A judicial committee has been set up to investigate the use of ‘super injunctions’, the gags on the press which newspapers are not even allowed to acknowledge the existence of.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 12th April 2010

Source: www.out-law.com

Committee to examine ‘super-injunctions’ – Judiciary of England and Wales

Posted April 8th, 2010 in injunctions, press releases by sally

“The Master of the Rolls has set up a committee to examine the issues around the use of injunctions which bind the press and so-called ‘super-injunctions’.”

Full press release

Judiciary of England & Wales, 6th April 2010

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Superinjunctions inquiry to start work next month – The Guardian

Posted April 7th, 2010 in freedom of expression, injunctions, inquiries, media, news by sally

“Superinjunctions are to be examined by a powerful committee of judges and lawyers, it was announced today, after months of speculation about the impact of the legal restrictions on press freedom.”

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The Guardian, 6th April 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Ministry of Justice orders legal review of superinjunctions – The Guardian

Posted April 6th, 2010 in freedom of expression, injunctions, media, Ministry of Justice, news by sally

“A legal review of the use of superinjunctions to suppress media reporting has been ordered by the Ministry of Justice.”

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The Guardian, 5th April 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

National rail strike off as court grants injunction – The Guardian

Posted April 6th, 2010 in industrial action, injunctions, news, railways by sally

“A high court judge today (1 April) granted Network Rail a temporary injunction to block next week’s planned four-day rail strike by signal workers.”

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The Guardian, 1st April 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Has the John Terry case doomed super-injunctions? – BBC News

Posted February 23rd, 2010 in injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“The lifting of so called super-injunctions in the cases of the footballer John Terry and the multi-national company Trafigura have been heralded by the papers as victories for the press in the battle over tightening publication laws.”

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BBC News, 23rd February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Judge blocks Milford Haven port strike – The Guardian

Posted February 17th, 2010 in industrial action, injunctions, news by sally

“A high court judge has blocked a strike by workers at one of Britain’s busiest ports, as British Airways cabin crew brace themselves for a legal challenge to next week’s strike ballot result.”

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The Guardian, 17th February 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010

Posted February 15th, 2010 in freezing injunctions, legislation, terrorism by sally

Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.opsi.gov.uk

Blaenavon woman jailed after dog injunction – BBC News

Posted February 12th, 2010 in detention, dogs, injunctions, news, sentencing by sally

“A woman who breached an injunction banning her from keeping dogs at her home has been handed a prison sentence.”

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BBC News, 11th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimique Tunisien – WLR Daily

Posted February 12th, 2010 in appeals, arbitration, documents, injunctions, law reports by sally

Midgulf International Ltd v Groupe Chimique Tunisien [2010] EWCA Civ 66; [2010] WLR (D) 34

“Where the court had found that there was a valid contract governed by English law to conduct arbitration of disputes in England, it would be inappropriate for one party to the contract to seek a foreign court to declare that there was no such agreement and the English Court could restrain that party who had submitted to the jurisdiction of English court from instituting or continuing the action in the foreign court contrary to the arbitration agreement.”

WLR Daily, 11th February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Asset-freezing terror Bill rushed through Commons – BBC News

Posted February 9th, 2010 in bills, freezing injunctions, news, terrorism by sally

“Emergency legislation has been rushed through the House of Commons that will allow the assets of suspected terrorists to be frozen.”

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BBC News, 9th February 2010

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Channel 4 fails to win gagging order in libel battle over Michael Jackson film – The Guardian

Posted February 5th, 2010 in defamation, injunctions, media, news by sally

“Channel 4 tried and failed to win an injunction to prevent reporting of a hearing in a multimillion-pound libel battle in the high court in which the broadcaster has been accused of faking elements of a documentary purporting to show members of Michael Jackson’s family moving to Devon.”

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The Guardian, 4th February 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Refusal to stop John Terry story was not a privacy law U-turn, says expert – OUT-LAW

Posted February 2nd, 2010 in injunctions, media, news, privacy, sport by sally

“The High Court’s refusal to issue an injunction preventing the media from reporting an alleged affair footballer John Terry had with a team mate’s girlfriend is unlikely to change the course of privacy law, an expert said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 2nd February 2010

Source: www.out-law.com

In re Guardian News and Media Ltd and others – WLR Daily

In re Guardian News and Media Ltd and others [2010] UKSC 1; [2010] WLR (D) 13 

“Where individuals challenged freezing orders made against them under the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 and the Al-Qaida and Taliban (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 the general public interest in publishing a full report of the proceedings in which they were named justified curtailing their right to respect for their private and family lives.”

WLR Daily, 27th February 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Ahmed and others v HM Treasury (JUSTICE intervening); al-Ghabra v Same; R (Youssef) v Same – WLR Daily

Ahmed and others v HM Treasury (JUSTICE intervening); al-Ghabra v Same; R (Youssef) v Same

“In introducing a test of reasonable suspicion that a person was involved in terrorism as the basis for making an asset-freezing order against him under the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006 the Treasury exceeded its powers under the enabling provisions of s 1 of the United Nations Act 1946.”

WLR Daily, 27th January 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

John Terry case sparks government concern over super-injunctions – The Guardian

Posted February 1st, 2010 in freedom of information, injunctions, media, news by sally

“The government is consulting the media and the judiciary after becoming ‘very concerned’ that super-injunctions, such as the double gagging order which was obtained by the England football captain John Terry but lifted last week, are being used too often.”

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The Guardian, 31st January 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

High court overturns superinjunction granted to England captain John Terry – The Guardian

Posted January 30th, 2010 in injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“England captain John Terry emerged as the footballer who had obtained a gagging order preventing the publication of claims about his private life, after the high court overturned a superinjunction yesterday.”

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The Guardian, 30th January 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Trafigura returns to court in attempt to suppress lawsuit documents – The Guardian

Posted January 8th, 2010 in confidentiality, injunctions, news, parliament by sally

“Trafigura, the offshore oil trader that became notorious for legal attempts to suppress reporting of parliament, is going back to Britain’s judges tomorrow.”

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The Guardian, 7th January 2010

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Brothel-visiting celebrity remains anonymous after Moseley precedent – OUT-LAW.com

Posted January 7th, 2010 in injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“The Sun newspaper has refused to name a top football manager it said it caught leaving a brothel. Privacy law experts say that the case underlines the strictness with which courts interpret the right to privacy of famous people.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 6th January 2010

Source: www.out-law.com