Kiss and tell

A v B plc and another (CA TLR 13 March)

When we reported the decision of the judge granting an injunction to restrain the Sunday People from publishing details of a professional footballer’s extra-marital activities (21/LL p115) we said our money was on a successful appeal. We won our bet. In reversing the judge’s decision the Court of Appeal unanimously held that the courts are not justified in interfering with the freedom of the press simply because there was no identifiable special public interest in particular material being published.