BBC: Take That star Howard Donald’s superinjunction lifted
A superinjunction preventing news organisations from naming Take That singer Howard Donald has been lifted, according to reports. The injunction had been granted earlier this year by Mr Justice Eady,...
View ArticleInforrm Blog: Superinjunction decision raises free speech conundrum
Last week Journalism.co.uk reported that a superinjunction preventing news organisations from naming Take That singer Howard Donald had been lifted by the court of appeal. It means that the media can...
View ArticleBBC: David Cameron’s concern about injunctions creating privacy law
The BBC has reported that the prime minister, David Cameron has expressed his unease at judges using human rights legislation “to deliver a sort of privacy law”. Mr Cameron made the comments about...
View ArticleLord Lester ‘not enthusiastic’ about privacy laws
Lord Lester today urged the newly-formed joint committee on the draft defamation bill not to try to tackle a privacy law within the legislation. Giving oral evidence before the committee, where he...
View ArticleKelvin MacKenzie: Online makes mockery of super injunctions
Technology is “making fools” of high court judgements in relation to injunctions, according to former editor of the Sun Kelvin Mackenzie. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 Today on Saturday, reflecting on Andrew...
View Article‘Consider the risks’ warning over super injunction Tweets
Many of you are likely to have heard by now about the Twitter account which appeared on Sunday featuring a series of allegations about public figures taking out super injunctions. The allegations,...
View ArticleSuperinjuctions and celebrity privacy case numbers revealed
The Daily Star Sunday yesterday published an A to Z list of 50 superinjunctions and “anonymous injunctions”, including one which allegedly relates to someone who has died. Publication of the list...
View ArticleTelegraph: Lawyers apply for access to Sun journalists’ emails and texts
Lawyers acting for a footballer at the centre of a superinjunction have applied for an order to gain access to emails and text messages sent by former editor of the Sun Kelvin Mackenzie and the paper’s...
View ArticleGuardian: Hunt rules out new privacy law
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has ruled out the introduction of a new privacy law, the Guardian reported today, following a meeting with justice secretary Ken Clarke. This comes before the conclusion...
View ArticleIndependent: Poll finds judges ‘too ready’ to gag newspapers
The findings of a poll run by the Independent show the majority of respondents believe “judges have been too ready to issue gagging orders” which enable the rich and famous to protect their privacy,...
View ArticleBrian Cathcart: Ten things I’ve learned about injunctions
I think (although this post may lead to me being quickly proved wrong) that I have been pretty careful and accurate in my reporting of various different injunction stories of late. This is largely...
View ArticleGuardian: Ministers agree on terms of reference for privacy committee
The Guardian reports today that culture secretary Jeremy Hunt and justice secretary Ken Clarke have agreed on terms of reference for the committee of MPs and peers to look at the balance between the...
View ArticlePrivacy injunction statistics published by Ministry of Justice as part of new...
On Thursday last week the Ministry of Justice published a new report of “experimental” statistics relating to the processing of privacy injunctions at the High Court or Court of Appeal. This follows a...
View ArticleInforrm Blog: Are celebrity injunctions really a threat to press freedom?
The International Forum for Responsible Media blog adds to the ‘public interest versus privacy’ debate this week, following the issuing of what is understood to be three so-called ‘gagging orders’ this...
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