Tag Archives: super-injunctions
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 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
Super Injunctions: committee reporting soon
By the end of this month we expect the committee investigating super injunctions to publish its report. The committee is chaired by the Master of Rolls, Lord Neuberger, who has said in a recent speech that he expects his report … read more
Another ruling on privacy injunctions
Judgment was handed down today in a case where a privacy injunction was made in 2008. That was only some two years ago, but two years is a long time in privacy law and particularly in the fast-moving area of … read more
Super-injunctions – an update
Super-injunctions are injunctions that prevent publication of the fact that the court has made an injunction. It is now clear that they will be granted only in those rare cases where publication of the order would frustrate the very purpose of the order or … read more
