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ARTICLE · 09 AUGUST 2011

Super Injunctions - Recognising The Importance Of Image

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The recent spate of super injunctions has gripped the UK press for some time now. Several high profile individuals have been revealed to have applied for super injunctions to be granted to prevent third parties from disclosing (usually) damaging revelations about them to the public.

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The recent spate of super injunctions has gripped the UK press for some time now. Several high profile individuals have been revealed to have applied for super injunctions to be granted to prevent third parties from disclosing (usually) damaging revelations about them to the public.

What is a super injunction?

A super injunction is a legal tool used to protect the privacy of an individual or individuals. Unlike cases in the past regarding privacy, which have been widely reported (such as certain widely publicised privacy cases involving celebrities like Naomi Campbell or Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones), a super injunction is more of a comprehensive gagging order which, in addition to preventing the publication of the details the subject of it, also prevents the parties to it from mentioning the injunction itself, the idea being to create a virtual information blackout.

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