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A mother of six on benefits who was reported to be asking that she be re-housed in an exclusive London area failed in a bid to gag The Sunday Times.
Pictures taken from Facebook which showed Kate Winslet’s new husband Ned RocknRoll semi-naked at a fancy dress party could have led to her children being subject to ridicule, a judge has said.
A top judge has warned the family justice system is failing to address freedom of speech considerations after overturning a “shocking” injunction banning The Sun from revealing how a four-year-old girl was left in foster care with a man accused of downloading child porn.
By Ryan Mowat, Dispute Resolution Partner and Specialist in Media Law at Kingsley Napley LLP
A High Court judge has refused to continue an injunction granted to Liverpool comedian Freddie Starr to prevent publication of what he says is a libellous allegation.
The number privacy injunction applications considered by the High Court in London more than doubled in the first six months of 2012, compared with the last six months of 2011.
Amid the furore this week over the naming off Ryan Giggs as the footballer at the centre of a Twitter privacy row - the UK law on privacy was said to be in a shambles.
