Interim Injunction CASES

October 4, 2025

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Terry v Persons Unknown [2010] EWHC 119 (QB)

Footballer John Terry sought an injunction to stop a newspaper from reporting an alleged affair. The court discharged the injunction, balancing his Article 8 right to privacy against the Article 10 right to freedom of expression, considering the information's prior availability. Facts The claimant, John Terry, a well-known professional footballer and captain of the England football team, sought an interim injunction to prevent the defendant, identified as ‘Persons Unknown’ but understood to be Associated Newspapers Ltd (publishers of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday), from publishing details of an alleged extra-marital affair. An initial injunction had been granted by

September 24, 2025

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Hutcheson v NGN Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 808

The court upheld an interim injunction preventing a newspaper from publishing details about the claimant's 'second family'. The claimant's and his children's right to privacy (Article 8 ECHR) was deemed to outweigh the newspaper's right to freedom of expression (Article 10). Facts The claimant, Mr Chris Hutcheson, a businessman publicly known as the father-in-law of celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, sought an interim injunction to prevent News Group Newspapers Ltd (NGN), publishers of The Sun, from publishing details about his private life. The information concerned the existence of a ‘second family’, including a partner and two teenage children, which was not