Carl Gardner writes: As I think readers will surely know by now, John Hemming MP used Parliamentary privilege today to name the footballer whose anonymity is protected in this privacy case by an injunction, which the High Court decided earlier today to maintain in force. […] There’s nothing wrong with the privacy law Parliament enacted…
Category: Breaches
Scottish newspaper identifies injunction footballer (update3)
Adam Gabbatt and Matthew Taylor report: The storm over the use of privacy injunctions to suppress publication of celebrity sexual indiscretions has escalated, with a Scottish newspaper revealing the identity of a footballer who allegedly had an affair with the model Imogen Thomas. […] The Scottish newspaper, which the Guardian cannot name for legal reasons,…
TV star is first to face jail over tweets after England footballer claims they breach injunction: Judge reports top journalist to Attorney-General
Robert Verkaik reports: A journalist on one of Britain’s most respected newspapers – who also appears on a widely-viewed BBC programme – could face a jail sentence after naming on Twitter a Premier League footballer who had taken out a privacy injunction. In the first case of its kind, lawyers for the soccer star have…
Twitter and “unknown persons” sued by UK athlete who had secured superinjunction
Josh Halliday reports: A footballer has sued Twitter after a number of the microblogging site’s users purported to reveal the name of the player who allegedly had an affair with model Imogen Thomas. The footballer’s legal team began the legal action at the high court in London on Wednesday, in what is thought to be…