Posts Tagged ‘injunction’
February 21st, 2012
Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs has
been named in court for the first time as the Premier League footballer with a high-profile privacy injunction against the Sun. At a hearing at the high court today, Giggs agreed to lift the anonymity part of the injunction that he brought in April 2011 to prevent the tabloid from publishing claims he had an extra-marital affair with model Imogen Thomas. Yet the footballer was widely identified on Twitter and was named in the Commons by Lib Dem MP John Hemming last May. The footballer is trying to
claim damages for distress from the Sun — alleging the paper breached his right to privacy — as well as for subsequent re-publication of information in other newspapers and online.
May 10th, 2011
Former motorsport chief Max Mosley has failed in his bid to to impose a legal duty of “prior notification” on the press. Mosley brought a case in front of the European Court of Human Rights after UK newspaper the News of the World published details of his sex life. (more…)
August 31st, 2010
The High Court has granted another injunction to an England footballer to prevent the media reporting aspects of his private life. The order banned the publication of allegations about a “
sexual liaison, encounter or relationship“, after personal
photographs stored on a stolen mobile phone were offered to national newspapers. This is the third injunction issued to an England footballer in the past few weeks.
August 31st, 2010
Footballer Wayne Rooney is
launching a libel claim against The Sun newspaper over stories that suggest he booked a holiday which would take place during the closing stages of the
World Cup before England was knocked out. The two articles, published in June and July, alleged that Rooney confirmed a holiday two days before the team’s last match in the competition. The player denies this and argues the stories damaged his personal and professional reputation. Rooney is seeking an injunction against any repetition of the allegations.
April 8th, 2010
The injunction and indictment of activist Anat Kamm for leaking confidential documents has revealed some uncomfortable truths about Israeli attitudes to free expression, says Shaul Adar
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April 8th, 2010
Reports are emerging that an injunction on the reporting of the case of Anat Kamm, an Israeli activist accused of leaking confidential military documents to the media, has been lifted by a Tel Aviv court.
More to follow
December 11th, 2009
Golfer Tiger Woods has gained an injunction from an English court against further reporting of his private life. Woods, 33 has been in the spotlight because of revalations of extra-marital affairs.
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October 21st, 2009
Index on Censorship and English PEN today welcomed MPs’ robust response in this afternoon’s adjournment debate to law firm Carter-Ruck’s challenge to Parliamentary reporting, and called on them to strengthen the public’s right to information by banning the use of so-called “super injunctions” except in extreme circumstances.
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