UK injunctions to silence the worlds Media?
May 21st, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Various celebrities are using injunctions (gagging orders) obtained in UK courts to prevent the media revealing stories about their private lives including extra marital affairs.
With media lawyers charging around £1000 ($1600) per hour and barristers charging £2500 ($4000) this route of privacy is generally only open to the very wealthy, and resulting in boosting the already swelling bank accounts of the lawyers.
This may silence the UK newspapers, radio and TV but whistle blowers have resorted to twitter to spread the stories.
A British footballer has now issued legal proceedings against twitter. see here. after around 30,000 people identified him, and details of his affair on the social networking site.
Even a Spanish Newspaper has publicly revealed the name of a shamed soccer star.
Now UK Judges are seeking to extend the powers of the UK courts world-wide.
By the same standards, if a UK news organization publishes an unfavorable story about say Kim Jong-il, can a North Korean court imprison the editor or even order his death, or if an American magazine publishes a photo of a girl in a bikini can an Islamic court sentence the publisher to death for obscenity…
