Privacy

Article: Neuberger reports on superinjunctions

Superinjunctions and anonymised injunctions should only be granted where “strictly necessary”, should be kept under review and cannot be granted permanently, Lord Neuberger’s committee has reported.

Article: Privacy law clarity

The judicial balancing act required in cases involving competing human rights has created a “fundamental shift” in the way courts “do things”, Mr Justice Eady has said. Opening City University’s new Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism in March, Eady...

Article: Super-injunctions

Privacy injunction applications are to be formally monitored under a pilot scheme launched by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger.The scheme was first proposed by Lord Neuberger’s super-injunction committee in May. It runs for 12 months from 1...

Article: Surveillance state fears

Legislation is a “crude and inflexible tool” as far as protecting rights of privacy is concerned, Desmond Browne QC has warned.Addressing a Conservative Party Conference fringe meeting, the Chairman of the Bar Council looked at the way the courts and...

Article: “Super-injunction” Committee

The Master of the Rolls has set up a committee to examine the issues around injunctions that bind the press, including “super-injunctions”.