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Injunctions in English law are a legal remedy of three types. Prohibitory injunctions prevent an individual or group from beginning or continuing actions which threaten or breach the legal rights of another. Mandatory injunctions are rarer and compel a person to carry out a certain act such as make restitution to an injured party.
The British privacy injunctions controversy began in early 2011, when London-based tabloid newspapers published stories about anonymous celebrities that were intended to flout what are commonly (but not formally) known in English law as super-injunctions, where the claimant could not be named, and carefully omitting details that could not legally be published. [1]
Paul Farrelly, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, had tabled a parliamentary question revealing the existence of the injunction. [15] Ntuli v Donald: A super-injunction was granted but later dischargd. [6] DFT v TFD: A super-injunction was granted but later discontinued. [16] Terry v Persons Unknown: Application for a super-injunction was rejected. [17]
Paul Farrelly, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, had tabled a parliamentary question revealing the existence of the injunction. Ntuli v Donald: A super-injunction was granted but set aside on appeal. DFT v TFD: A super-injunction was granted but later discontinued. Terry v Persons Unknown: Application for a super-injunction was rejected.
NEJ v BDZ (Helen Wood) ([2011] EWHC 1972 (QB) is a 2011 High Court case involving issues of privacy in English law. On 13 April 2011, Mr. Justice King granted an anonymised privacy injunction (often erroneously referred to as a superinjunction), preventing the publication of details of an alleged extra-marital relationship between NEJ (described as "a world famous celebrity" and "an actor ...
An injunction is an order made by the court to stop a public body from acting in an unlawful way. Less commonly, an injunction can be mandatory, that is, it compels a public body to do something. Where there is an imminent risk of damage or loss, and other remedies would not be sufficient, the court may grant an interim injunction to protect ...
MNB v News Group Newspapers also known as Goodwin v News Group Newspapers is an English privacy law case in which then banker Fred Goodwin successfully applied for a temporary injunction to prevent The Sun from publishing details about his private life. [1]
A super-injunction was granted but later discontinued. [9] DFT v TFD: A super-injunction was granted but later discontinued. [10] Terry v persons unknown: Application for a super-injunction was rejected after being granted on a temporary basis. [11] Andrew Marr and anonymous: Issued in 2008, its existence was revealed by Andrew Marr in a 2011 ...