"Super-Injunctions" - Not So Super After All? - 26 April 2010

The term "super-injunction" conjures up an image of something mighty powerful – a superhero amongst court orders? In simple terms an injunction is a Court order ordering you to do or not to do something, usually with dire consequences if you fail to observe it. Injunctions are granted in carefully controlled circumstances by the High Court. The super-injunction – as it has become popularly known – is a draconian order which can stop the reporting of a court case –and even stop the reporting of the fact that an injunction has been granted by the Courts at all.

However the "super-injunction" may not be so super after all. Following concerns expressed by, amongst others, the Culture, Media and Sports Committee, these powerful orders will now be reviewed by the Master of the Rolls, Lord Neuberger, alongside other senior judges, media group representatives and media lawyers starting on 4 May.