Privacy injunctions on the rise
Lord Justice Leveson might like to note the rise in privacy cases over the past three years. According to research by the legal publishers Sweet & Maxwell, 50 privacy cases were launched in the 12...
View ArticleImogen Thomas clears her name and sets a legal precedent
In what appears to be a legal precedent, a woman named in an injunction was today allowed to make a statement in open court in order to clear her name.Earlier this year, it was suggested in a judge's...
View ArticleImogen Thomas: 'What I did was wrong. But I was treated horribly'
Imogen Thomas's reported affair with Ryan Giggs was the talk of Twitter and the House of Commons, where the footballer was identified despite being granted a gagging orderIt's a slightly tricky...
View ArticleLaw quiz 2011: superinjunctions to select committees
How much attention have you been paying to Guardian Law this year? Test your knowledge Continue reading...
View ArticleIrish student tries to gag six newspapers
A student in Ireland is trying to prevent six newspapers from identifying him for obtaining injunctions about an allegedly defamatory internet video clip.It is being claimed that he is seeking the kind...
View ArticleStudent loses case against newspapers
A student who tried to prevent six Irish newspapers from identifying him, as I reported on Friday, lost his case.A Dublin high court judge dismissed claims by the student that the papers had breached...
View ArticleSecret court proposals compared to superinjunctions
Disclosure that applications for courts to sit in secret could themselves remain secret is described as 'deeply disturbing'The government's plan to establish a new generation of secret courts has...
View ArticlePrivacy protection: have the courts been led astray?
Self-interested tabloids enjoy reporting on the existence of an injunction. We have seen what this unfettered power can lead toIt's about time someone stopped pussyfooting around and told it like it...
View ArticlePress regulation: you couldn't make it up | Editorial
Sir Christopher Geidt's role: an anachronismOne of the people involved in a royal charter to establish press regulation in this country is likely to be a former military intelligence officer who once...
View ArticleCourts see rise in applications for privacy injunctions
Ministry of Justice figures reveal six injunctions but no new superinjunctions granted in first half of 2013There has been a rise in the number of privacy injunctions being sought in the courts,...
View ArticleFewer libel (and privacy) actions against newspapers in 2014
Legal blog reveals that there were only 43 defamation case decisions last year Libel actions are becoming increasingly rare, it would appear from an analysis on the Inforrm website. And privacy actions...
View ArticleSupreme court upholds 'celebrity threesome' injunction
Full trial expected later this year following decision by court after four-month dispute involving Sun on SundayThe supreme court has extended the interim privacy injunction preventing identification...
View ArticleThe judges are right. The secret threesome celebrities deserve protection |...
Like the unnamed couple, I fought to prove that the rule of law is more important than the rule of editorsWhen cases arise that test the boundary between what interests the public, and what is in the...
View ArticleCelebrity threesome: Twitter warns against illegal tweets
Privacy injunction stopping press naming celebrity followed by Twitter law cautionsPeople using Twitter to name the “celebrity threesome” couple have had emails warning them of legal complaints, just...
View ArticleCelebrity threesome case: context is crucial, whatever tabloids say
Exposure of legitimate matters of public concern is one thing, but often papers preach rule of law to flout it on their pagesYou may not have noticed in the course of another busy day, but a “world...
View ArticleUK training body took out superinjunction to block critical report
Learndirect got special treatment to suppress damning assessment of its training, says Ofsted chiefBritain’s biggest training provider successfully applied for a superinjunction that stopped official...
View ArticleNaming of Philip Green will reopen issue of parliamentary privilege
Ministers may now revisit role of MPs and peers in challenging court secrecyThe secretive high court case over enforcement of non-disclosure agreements came to court over the summer, pitting an unnamed...
View ArticleParliamentary privilege can be 'threat' to rule of law, warns QC
Peter Hain naming Philip Green reignites dispute between parliament and judiciaryMPs and peers who exploit parliamentary privilege to breach court injunctions are undermining the rule of law, senior...
View ArticleTop judge attacks growing 'abuse' of parliamentary privilege
Lord Burnett of Maldon says MPs and peers acting like ‘one-person court of final appeal’The lord chief justice has accused MPs and peers of endangering the rule of law through repeated “abuse” of...
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