PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd: CA 18 Apr 2016

The claimant celebrity had obtained an injunction restraining the defendant newspaper from publishing details of his extra marital activities. The newspaper appealed, saying that the information had already been printed abroad, and had been widely distributed on the Internet and on social media.
Held: The Court of Appeal set aside the interim injunction. The protected information was in the public domain, and the injunction therefore served no useful purpose and was an unjustified interference with NGN’s own rights under article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights

Jackson, King, Simon LJJ
[2016] EWCA Civ 393
Bailii, Judiciary
European Convention on Human Rights 10, Human Rights Act 1998 12
England and Wales
Citing:
See AlsoPJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd CA 22-Jan-2016
The claimants sought to restrain newspapers from publishing their identities in the context of allegations of sexual misconduct. They now appealed against rejection of their request for an interim injunction.
Held: The appeal succeeded. . .

Cited by:
Appeal fromPJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd SC 19-May-2016
The appellants had applied for restrictions on the publication of stories about their extra marital affairs. The Court of Appeal had removed the restrictions on the basis that the story had been widely spread outside the jurisdiction both on the . .

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Litigation Practice, Media, Human Rights

Updated: 02 November 2021; Ref: scu.562159