The legal battle over the Sun’s story approximately a ‘celebrity threesome’ father still isn’t over. But does it indicate a unusual taste for injunctions? And can a normal person get one?A celebrity father is seeking to prevent tabloid newspapers printing details of a three-way sexual encounter in a case in front of the UK’s highest court. Is this why injunctions are back in the news?Sort of. The case,which began in January when the Sun on Sunday tried to publish details of the threesome, is testing freedom of the press and privacy in the digital age. Lawyers for News UK, and publisher of the Sun,argue that, because the celebrity has been identified external the UK, and British law is fighting King Canute-like against the tide of a web-based free press. Opponents argue that even celebrities have the factual to a private life,and that lifting the injunction would release a flood of reporting. Related: Lifting of 'celebrity threesome' injunction would be 'devastating' Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com