High court extends gagging order to prevent reporting of actor’s affair – The Guardian

Posted July 26th, 2011 in injunctions, media, news, privacy by tracey

“The high court has extended a gagging order obtained by a leading actor to prevent reporting of his ‘sexual relationship’ with a former escort girl.”

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The Guardian, 25th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Domestic violence rules ‘boost cost of disputes’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted July 21st, 2011 in costs, domestic violence, injunctions, legal aid, news, undertakings by sally

“Family lawyers have attacked the government’s plans to deny legal aid to domestic violence victims who accept ‘undertakings’ from an allegedly abusive partner.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 21st July 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Noisy wind farm ‘drove couple out of their home’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 4th, 2011 in compensation, injunctions, news, noise, nuisance by sally

“A couple who say they were driven out of their family farm by the ‘nightmare’ hum of wind turbines have mounted a ground-breaking £2.5 million compensation bid in London’s High Court.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others – WLR Daily

Astellas Pharma Ltd and others v Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty and others [2011] EWCA Civ 752;  [2011] WLR (D)  213

“An injunction obtained in representative proceedings was binding on all persons represented in the claim, but a judge was entitled, in the exercise of his discretion, to refuse to frame the order in terms which would make it enforceable by or against persons who were not parties to the claim.”

WLR Daily, 29th June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Coventry City Council v O and others – WLR Daily

Posted June 24th, 2011 in adoption, county courts, fostering, injunctions, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

Coventry City Council v O and others [2011] EWCA Civ 729; [2011] WLR (D) 205

“Where foster parents issued a notice of intention to adopt a child they were fostering, the local authority retained the power to remove the child from the foster parents’ home to the home either of other foster parents or of prospective adopters, under section 38 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.”

WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Sir Fred Goodwin colleague appeals decision – The Independent

Posted June 24th, 2011 in anonymity, appeals, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“Lawyers representing the work colleague with whom former Royal Bank of Scotland chief Sir Fred Goodwin had an affair has filed an appeal against a High Court judge’s decision that although the media must not identify her by name they could give her job description.”

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The Independent, 23rd June 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Tory MP Zac Goldsmith defends super-injunction – BBC News

Posted June 15th, 2011 in electronic mail, injunctions, media, news, privacy by sally

“Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has insisted he was right to take out a super-injunction after private e-mails were hacked and passed to newspapers.”

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BBC News, 14th June 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Fred Goodwin told by judge details of his affair were in the public interest – The Guardian

Posted June 10th, 2011 in injunctions, judgments, news, public interest by michael

“The former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland could not have expected to keep an alleged affair with a colleague concealed by the use of privacy injunctions because the nature of his job meant there was a public interest in his relationships, a judge has said.”

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The Guardian, 9th June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt and Ken Clarke set out remit for privacy committee – The Guardian

Posted June 10th, 2011 in freedom of expression, injunctions, news, parliament, privacy by michael

“The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, have asked parliament to examine whether the law and the courts have established an appropriate balance between the rights to privacy and freedom of expression in the wake of the celebrity injunction crisis.”

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The Guardian, 9th June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jeremy Hunt and Ken Clarke set out remit for privacy committee – The Guardian

Posted June 9th, 2011 in freedom of expression, injunctions, news, parliament, privacy by tracey

“The culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, have asked parliament to examine whether the law and the courts have established an appropriate balance between the rights to privacy and freedom of expression in the wake of the celebrity injunction crisis.”

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The Guardian, 9th June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sir Fred Goodwin affair injunction not lifted – BBC News

Posted June 9th, 2011 in injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest by tracey

“A High Court judge has refused to lift an order banning journalists naming a woman with whom former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin had a relationship.”

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BBC News, 9th June 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Twitter users face prosecution if they breach injunctions, Attorney General warns – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 7th, 2011 in attorney general, contempt of court, injunctions, internet, news by michael

“Users of Twitter could face legal action for contempt of court if they use the microblogging website to breach privacy injunctions, the Attorney General has warned.”

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Daily Telegraph, 7th June 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Daily Mail’s false details may have bolstered public interest claim, says High Court – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 4th, 2011 in anonymity, injunctions, media, news, public interest by sally

“The Daily Mail published apparently false details about the anonymous woman who is the subject of a High Court gagging order, some of which helped it make the case that the injunction was against the public interest, the High Court has heard.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 3rd June 2011

Source: www.out-law.com

AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC – WLR Daily

Posted June 2nd, 2011 in appeals, arbitration, injunctions, jurisdiction, law reports by sally

AES Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant LLP v Ust-Kamenogorsk Hydropower Plant JSC [2011] EWCA Civ 647; [2011] WLR (D) 185

“The High Court had jurisdiction to intervene to enforce an arbitration agreement even where no arbitration had commenced and none was intended to be commenced. Whether or not the court would assist a claimant seeking to have a dispute resolved in accordance with the arbitration agreement was a matter of discretion, but it would be contrary to principle for the court to refuse to grant an anti-suit injunction to the claimant under those circumstances as a matter of jurisdiction.”

WLR Daily, 27th May 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Sun goes to court over Sir Fred Goodwin gagging order – The Guardian

Posted June 1st, 2011 in banking, injunctions, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“The Sun has applied to partially lift the gagging order obtained by former Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive, Sir Fred Goodwin, arguing that ‘sunlight should be shed’ on the crisis that left the bank majority-owned by UK taxpayers.”

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The Guardian, 1st June 2011

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Injunctions row: Meet the man who helps celebrities remain anonymous – The Guardian

Posted May 31st, 2011 in barristers, injunctions, news, privacy, public interest by sally

“Hugh Tomlinson QC has become renowned for making clients anonymous. It is his persuasive charm that regularly ensures celebrities’ alleged infidelities or other indiscretions are not exposed in the tabloids. He is the leading securer of privacy injunctions.”

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The Guardian, 27th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Court 10 stars shaping the law on privacy – The Lawyer

Posted May 31st, 2011 in freedom of expression, injunctions, legal profession, news, privacy by sally

“Court 10 at the Royal Courts of Justice has had more visitors than usual in the past month as the press fights back against what it perceives as encroaching ­privacy laws.”

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The Lawyer, 30th May 2011

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Judge refuses to prosecute press for naming Fred Goodwin ‘mistress’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted May 27th, 2011 in attorney general, contempt of court, injunctions, news by sally

“Lawyers representing a woman who allegedly had a sexual relationship with former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin failed today in an attempt to persuade a judge to launch contempt proceedings against a national newspaper.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

#Without Prejudice 6: Tomlinson – Separation of powers and injunctions – Privacy – and The Role of GCs – Charon QC

Posted May 27th, 2011 in injunctions, legal profession, podcasts by sally

“Tim Bratton blogs in a personal capacity – and his latest post: One for the students: so, you want to work at Big Law? Is a good one for law students, particularly.

David Allen Green, solicitor, is the author of the Jack of Kent blog and is the legal correspondent at The New Statesman. Carl Gardner is an ex-government lawyer and is the author of the Head of Legal blog.”

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Charon QC, 26th May 2011

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Twitter will notify users accused of gagging order breaches – The Guardian

Posted May 26th, 2011 in injunctions, internet, news, notification by sally

“Twitter will notify its users before handing their personal information to UK authorities seeking to prosecute them over alleged breaches of privacy injunctions, a senior executive at the company said on Thursday.”

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The Guardian, 25th May 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk