Courts 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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