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It's pretty easy to get an out-of-hours preliminary injunction, especially if you can persuade a judge that immediate publication would harm you and non-publication would not harm the paper. I assume this is what's happened here

How it washes out in a full hearing is another matter ...

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 at 05:28:25 AM EST
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Guardian seeks urgent court hearing over parliament reporting gag | Media | guardian.co.uk

One MP, who the Guardian is currently prohibited from identifying, said he would ask the Speaker to consider taking action against Carter-Ruck for contempt of parliament.

The ban on reporting parliamentary proceedings on legal grounds appears to call into question privileges guaranteeing free speech established under the 1688 Bill of Rights.




Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 at 07:38:55 AM EST
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Carter-Ruck are famous for [under litigation] and frequently quoted in [under litigation] for [under litigation].

A contempt of [under litigation] suit against them would be [under litigation.]

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 at 07:49:54 AM EST
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ET editors must now take advice from [under litigation] as to the likelihood of proceedings from [under litigation] in the event we do not delete your [under litigation].
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 at 08:20:49 AM EST
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I can only assume they were trying to draw attention to the case, because they've now abandoned ship.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 at 08:31:25 AM EST
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Well played, clearly - a case that everyone would have ignored otherwise has made the headlines.

I'd be surprised if this has helped Trafigura's negotiating position.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Oct 13th, 2009 at 10:20:42 AM EST
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