Law firm Carter-Ruck’s super-injunction to attempt to stop the reporting of a question on the Trafigura affair in Parliament has galvanised MPs and other bodies to take up the fight for freedom of expression. John Kampfner reports
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An answer to a parliamentary question by Paul Farrelly MP has revealed that the high court does not keep a record of the number of injunctions granted against the press. In the current edition of The Economist, media lawyer Mark Stephens says he estimates that between 200 and 300 injunction are in action at any one time.
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I was a guest on BBC World Service’s World Update this morning, discussing the Trafigura/Carter-Ruck attempt to stop reporting of Paul Farrelly’s parliamentary question.
You can hear it here (skip forward to 5:30)
Index on Censorship has learned that law firm Carter-Ruck has backed down in an attempt to stop media from reporting on a parliamentary question concerning a previous injunction. The gag had caused outrage on the Internet, with many Twitter users defying the injunction to post information on the case.
Update: Read the letter Index on Censorship sent to the courts in support of the Guardian here