fleet street fox – Do Not Read This
“Like a few other journalists, I’ve been sent a list of the current injunctions in the British courts…”
“It lists about 80 injunctions imposed since 2006. They include those already widely known – such as the footballer who had an affair with Imogen Thomas, the dumping of chemical waste by Trafigura, the one Zac Goldmith and Jemima Khan had against someone who hacked their emails, Fred Goodwin’s fling with a colleague while his bank burned and the one Andrew Marr has since broken himself about his affair and possible lovechild – as well as a few others that come as a surprise even to me.”
“Of those 80, eight strike me as completely fair. Two involve children, and three private individuals who simply want to stay that way. The sixth is about personal pictures found on a stolen laptop and the seventh is a private medical matter. The eighth is the Goldsmith injunction.”
“Thirty one involve extra-marital affairs. Three are about alleged blackmail, which does not seem to have been reported to the police. Three are aimed at shutting up former employees, and six at keeping former wives or cuckolded husbands quiet. Three specifically mention prostitutes and one appears to be about financial matters.”
