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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]
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]
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]
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 ...
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.
An injunction is an equitable remedy [a] in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts. [1] [2] It was developed by the English courts of equity but its origins go back to Roman law and the equitable remedy of the "interdict".
TSE and ELP v News Group Newspapers [2011] EWHC 1308 is an English privacy case involving a footballer's private life. [1] In this case an injunction was sought to prevent publication of details that would identify the claimant as having had a sexual relationship with another individual.