Carl Gardner
April 27, 2011
Yesterday afternoon there was speculation that John Hemming MP was planning to “break a superinjunction” in the House under cover of Parliamentary privilege.
Then, not long after 5 o’clock, John Hemming made a point of order in the Commons [update: […]
Carl Gardner
April 22, 2011
In Without Prejudice this week, Dr Evan Harris joins Charon QC, David Allen Green and me to discuss the “Twitter Joke” case in which Paul Chambers is appealing; David Cameron’s comments on privacy law; the Digital […]
Carl Gardner
April 20, 2011
I posted recently about last month’s High Court judgment in this case, in which Mr Justice Tugendhat granted an injunction to stop allegations which were not even defended as true, and which Tugendhat J thought could involve an […]
Carl Gardner
April 7, 2011
In our latest Without Prejudice podcast, Charon QC, David Allen Green and I discuss –
- the government’s draft Defamation Bill, currently subject to consultation;
- superinjunctions, so-called “hyperinjunctions” and all that, plus MPs’ use of Parliamentary privilege;
- the Supreme Court’s removal […]