Cases

Re G (Celebrities: Publicity)

Facts

The divorce of the mother and father, both celebrities, attracted much publicity. The Official Solicitor, for the couple's children, applied for wide ranging orders to protect the children from publicity. The first order was an order contra mundum restraining any person from taking or publishing photographs of the children. The second, made with the consent of both parents, prevented the parents from discussing their children in the media and disclosing what had happened in the course of the proceedings. The third prevented the publication of the text or a summary of the result of the proceedings. News Group Newspapers applied to discharge the first and second orders. The judge refused. News Group appealed.

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