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Gordon Ramsey and an ex-employee, Christopher Hutcheson, had a public fight after the famous chef had dismissed him for misconduct. Hutcheson had used company funds for private purposes, but the parties...
Parliament and social networking sites take on courts in Premier League footballer super-injunction row
The story has become so common now. Celebrity takes part in questionable extra-marital practices; participant wants to sell their story to the newspapers; celebrity applies for super-injunction that prohibits...
Children’s privacy rights and protection against bullying key factor in order to prohibit details of love cheat story – ETK v News Group Newspapers, Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling and issued a super-injunction against News Group Newspapers prohibiting its publication of details of an affair between two celebrities who were married...
ECHR upholds House of Lords decision in Naomi Campbell drug case – Campbell v MGN, European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has rejected MGN’s appeal against the House of Lords ruling seven years ago regarding MGN’s infringement of Naomi Campbell’s rights to privacy contrary to Article...
Freedom of Speech 1 John Terry 0 – LNS v Persons Unknown, High Court
The recent tidal wave of the developing laws of privacy has been halted with the High Court’s recent refusal to continue an injunction stopping the reporting of the indiscretions of a footballer. John...