British Airways strike blocked by court – BBC News
“A strike by British Airways cabin crew planned for Christmas has been declared illegal in a High Court ruling.”
BBC News, 17th December 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: injunctions
Super-injunctions do limit freedom of speech, Speaker’s lawyers advise – The Guardian
“Controversial ‘super-injunctions’ highlighted by the Guardian do prevent the media’s reporting of proceedings in parliament, the Commons Speaker’s legal team have advised in a move MPs will regard as a real threat to free speech.”
The Guardian, 6th December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs v Meier and others – WLR Daily
“Where travellers were trespassing in part of a wood owned by the claimant and threatened to go to some other wood owned by him if they were moved, an injunction to restrain such further trespass might be granted, but an order for possession in respect of other distinct woods not currently occupied by them could not be justified.”
WLR Daily, 1st December 2009
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.
High court injunction – the weapon of choice to slap down protests – The Guardian
“Chris Osmond is a battle-hardened campaigner who has been in and out of courts during his efforts to close down an arms factory near his home. But one day he made a startling discovery. The other side had his personal diary.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Protester injunction bid rejected – BBC News
“An energy company has been criticised for taking legal action against a protester under the Terrorism Act.”
BBC News, 21st October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Ministers to consider bolstering press freedom after ‘super-injunction’ debate – The Guardian
“The government is concerned that double gagging orders – ‘super-injunctions’ – are being used too readily by libel law firms, and will involve the judiciary in a consultation hoping to bring down their use.”
The Guardian, 21st October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lord Chief Justice’s statement on “Super-Injunctions” – Judiciary of England and Wales
“In response to a question from a reporter at his media briefing this morning the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Judge, outlined his view on ‘super-injunctions’.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 20th October 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Free speech in parliament is precious, says lord chief justice – The Guardian
“Britain’s most senior judge has warned his fellow judges that he cannot envisage any circumstances in which it would be “constitutionally possible or proper” for a court to make an order that gagged debate in parliament. His warning follows the Guardian’s free speech victory last week when lawyers for the oil trading company Trafigura gave up their attempt to gag parliament over its dumping of toxic waste in Ivory Coast.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
How our senior libel judge stamps on free speech – all over the world – The Guardian
“Mr Justice Eady’s rulings amplify the democratic world’s most illiberal laws – enabled by 12 years of utterly feeble leadership.”
The Guardian, 19th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawcast 156: Mark Stephens on Superinjunctions in the wake of Trafigura and The Guardian Gag – Charon QC
“Today I am talking to Mark Stephens, partner at Finers Stephens Innocent about the use of superinjunctions in the wake of the Guardian Gag story earlier in the week.”
Charon QC, 17th October 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Carter-Ruck in new move to stop debate in parliament – The Guardian
“The law firm Carter-Ruck has made a fresh move that could stop an MPs’ debate next week by claiming a controversial injunction it has obtained is ‘sub judice’.”
The Guardan, 16th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Gordon Brown calls for reform of super-injunctions – The Guardian
“Gordon Brown today stepped into the row over the use of super-injunctions that ban reporting of a story and also the existence of the ban, telling MPs the legal tactic was ‘an unfortunate area of the law’.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
MP to report Carter-Ruck to Law Society over attempt to gag Guardian – The Guardian
“The law firm at the centre of the an unprecedented attempt by a British oil trading firm to prevent the Guardian reporting parliamentary proceedings is to be reported to the Law Society, it emerged today.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawcast 155: The Guardian Gag affair with Carl Gardner – Charon QC
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer, a barrister and author of The Head of Legal blog. We look at whether the Bill of Rights has, in fact, been infringed by the gag, the use of injunctions generally and specifically in this instance, the use of parliamentary privilege and whether the judges are going too far in granting injunctions which can, effectively, be destroyed in their effect by many thousands of angry people on twitter and in the blogosphere.”
Charon QC, 13th October 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Reporting bans may lose their power in Twitter age says expert after Guardian ban is lifted – OUT-LAW.com
“The editor of a newspaper which was banned from reporting on the tabling of a question in Parliament has thanked the users of micro-blogging service Twitter for their role in what he called a ‘victory for free speech’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Gag on Guardian reporting MP’s Trafigura question lifted – The Guardian
“The existence of a previously secret injunction against the media by oil traders Trafigura can now be revealed.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Guardian gagged from reporting parliament – The Guardian
“The Guardian has been prevented from reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds which appear to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.”
The Guardian, 12th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal risk to property investors – BBC News
“Investors hit by the downturn and who choose not to complete property deals can still be forced to buy after a court injunction, lawyers have warned.”
BBC News, 8th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Supreme Court to hear terror case – BBC News
“The new UK Supreme Court is to hear its first case as five men suspected of financing terrorism challenge the freezing of their assets.”
BBC News, 5th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Swindon Borough Council v Redpath – WLR Daily
Swindon Borough Council v Redpath [2009] EWCA Civ 943; [2009] WLR (D) 290
“For the purposes of an application for an anti-social behaviour injunction by a local authority under s 153A of the Housing Act 1996, the term “housing-related” in that section was to be given a broad rather than a narrow interpretation, so that the victims of such conduct need not be residents of local authority accommodation or their visitors or those engaged in lawful activity in such premises.”
WLR Daily, 11th September 2009
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.
