List of privacy injunction cases in English law

This article lists cases in English law where anonymised privacy injunctions have been obtained. As super-injunctions can also be considered a type of anonymised privacy injunction they have also been included below.

Anonymised privacy injunctions

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Case Notes
AMM v HXW[1]Also known as Clarkson v Hall after broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson voluntarily lifted the injunction.
ASG v GSA[2]Involves a well known person who had an adulterous relationship
CBL v Person Unknown[2]Beyond the fact that it exists no information is known about this injunction.[3]
CDE & FGH v Mirror Group Newspapers and LMN[4]A misuse of private information claim
Christoper Hutcheson (previously known as KGM) v News Group Newspapers[5]Concerned the private life of Christoper Hutcheson.
ETK v News Group Newspapers LtdAn entertainment actor's affair.
Goldsmith v BCD Hacking of Zac Goldsmith's e-mails.
Gray v UVWUrgent interim injunction granted restraining the defendant from publishing confidential information.[6]
JIH v News Group Newspapers LtdRelates to a sportsman.[6]
KJH v HGF[7]Blackmail case.
LOD v News Group Newspapers Ltd[2] Nothing beyond the case name is known. Judgment was ordered on 19/09/2008.[6]
MNB v News Group Concerned the private life of banker Fred Goodwin. Breached by John Hemming MP using Parliamentary Privilege.
MJN v News Group Newspapers Ltd Alleged affair of a Premiership footballer.
NEJ v Wood Concerns an alleged relationship between Helen Wood and a well-known actor
OPQ v BJM[8]Blackmail case.[8]
POI v LinaBlackmail case
PJS v News Group NewspapersCase is currently before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom to decide whether to continue injunction
QWE v SDF, GHJ and RTY[9]Blackmail regarding a sexual relationship[9]
RJA v AJR[2]Misuse of private information and harassment.[2]
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AP (No. 2)Threat of violence to man formerly subject to a control order.[6]
STU v UVW and XYZ[10] A case record exists on Bailii but no facts are included
TSE and ELP v News Group Newspapers[2]Involves a footballer[2]
TUV v Persons Unknown[2]Information stolen from electronic devices.[2]
VAM v Persons Unknown[2] Further information about this injunction is not known.[2]
WER v REW[2]Chris Hutcheson took out an injunction against a website wishing to prevent details of his private life being made public
WXY v Henry Gewanter[2]Breach of confidence and misuse of private information.[11]
XJA v News Group Newspapers LtdInvolves a "well known person".[2]
YYZ v YVR[2]Involes a well known person.[2]
ZAM v CFW & TFW[12]Interim injunction to prevent publication of very serious allegation including criminal conduct.[2]
ZXC v BNM[2] An England footballer has an injunction in place to prevent the misuse of private information about him.[13]
Z v Persons Unknown[2] Unreported case[2]

Lifetime privacy injunctions

Lifetime privacy injunctions prevent the publication of a new identity.

Case Details
Carr v News Group Newspapers Ltd Granted to Maxine Carr following the Soham murders
Venables v News Group Newspapers Granted to killers of James Bulger
X (a woman formerly known as Mary Bell and Y v O'Brien)Granted to child killer Mary Bell

Super-injunctions

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The following cases are super-injunctions where the existence of the injunction itself was also secret:

Case Method of Revelation
RJW v Guardian News and Media Ltd (Trafigura) Paul Farrelly, MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, had tabled a parliamentary question revealing the existence of the injunction.[14]
Ntuli v DonaldA super-injunction was granted but later dischargd.[15]
DFT v TFDA super-injunction was granted but later discontinued.[16]
Terry v Persons UnknownApplication for a super-injunction was rejected.[17]
CTB v News Group Newspapers Revealed by John Hemming MP using Parliamentary privilege.[18]
Andrew Marr and anonymousUnreported case. Issued in 2008, its existence was revealed by Andrew Marr in a 2011 interview.[19]

References

  1. ↑ AMM -v- HXW; QBD 7 Oct 2010 | swarb.co.uk
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions: the full list | Siobhain Butterworth & Maya Wolfe-Robinson | Law | theguardian.com
  3. ↑ Privacy injunction hearings: not ‘super’ but anonymous | Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism Blog
  4. ↑ A mass outbreak of anonymity: CDE and FGH v MGN and LMN - RPC Data and Privacy Law
  5. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/law/datablog/2011/aug/05/superinjunctions-gagging-orders- injunctions-list
  6. 1 2 3 4 http://www.theguardian.com/law/datablog/2011/aug/05/superinjunctions-gagging-orders-injunctions-list
  7. ↑ KJH v HGF - 5RB
  8. 1 2 http://www.5rb.com/case/opq-v-bjm-cjm/
  9. 1 2 High Court passes two new privacy injunctions - Mirror Online
  10. ↑ http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2011/3133.html
  11. ↑ http://onebrickcourt.com/news.aspx?menu=main&pageid=44&newsid=544M
  12. ↑ ZAM v CFW & Anor [2011] EWHC 476 (QB) (07 March 2011)
  13. ↑ England player wins 'gagging order' | News in brief | London Evening Standard
  14. ↑ Trafigura: anatomy of a super-injunction | Media | The Guardian
  15. ↑ Super-injunctions - an update - RPC Data and Privacy Law
  16. ↑ Mlfoe - Dft V. Tfd
  17. ↑ John Terry: The boot on the other foot? | Steeles Law Solicitors | Norwich, Norfolk, London
  18. ↑ Ryan Giggs super-injunction: John Hemming brought an end to the farce | Daily Mail Online
  19. ↑ Ian Hislop attacks Andrew Marr over super injunction - Telegraph

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