Tag Archives: injunctions
When can you sue under a disguised name?
In what circumstances can a claimant in civil litigation commence proceedings under a pseudonym? We are familiar with alphabetised claimants in injunction cases who seek anonymity on grounds that the purpose of their proceedings would otherwise be defeated: if the … read more
Parliamentary committee reports on privacy
The Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions has reported. Click here for a link to the full report. The most important recommendations of the committee, which was set up last year and has taken evidence from a wide variety of … read more
Chief Executive of Ann Summers gets privacy injunction
Mr Justice Tugendhat has today handed down a short judgment explaining why he made an interlocutory order to prevent the publication of private and confidential information about Jacqueline Gold, the high-profile Chief Executive of Ann Summers. The first defendant in … read more
Cabinet minister’s 17-year-old son gets privacy injunction but not anonymity
The son of Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary, has obtained an injunction against the publishers of the Daily Star Sunday. The judgment is reported here. The injunction was granted to restrain publication of a story which it is alleged would … read more
New Injunction Guidance
We have previously reported on the controversy surrounding the number and effect of privacy injunctions (see links here and here). This controversy led in part to the formation in April 2010 of the Super-Injunction Committee, chaired by the Master of … read more
A “tenuous claim to privacy”: Hutcheson v News Group
Can you expect to keep a second family private? That was the ambitious hope of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law, Chris Hutcheson. Mr Hutcheson got married in 1968. He and his wife had four children, all now grown up. He remains … read more
Justice Secretary expresses concern over MPs defying injunctions
The Times has today reported that the Justice Secretary Ken Clarke yesterday told the Joint Committee on the Defamation Bill that he was concerned about the growing habit of using parliamentary privilege to defy court gagging orders. He told the … read more
A former judge reflects on privacy injunctions
Mr Justice Eady’s interview last month by Joshua Rosenberg – published by Index on Censorship -was featured on a recent edition of Radio Four’s Today programme and has also been the subject of entries on the Inforrm and Meeja Law blogs. … read more
A digest of recent news (1) – UK judgments
For one reason and another, the blog has been unable to report on much of the recent news. This entry is an attempt to remedy the situation. Normal service should be resumed shortly. UK court judgments MJN v News Group A … read more
Are privacy injunctions too restrictive?
Has privacy law gone too far? It’s not just the editor of the Daily Mail who thinks so. The Prime Minister has said he is “uneasy” about judges “creating a sort of privacy law” and Andrew Marr is perhaps the … read more
