RJW v Guardian News and Media Ltd

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RJW v Guardian News and Media Limited
Court
High Court of England and Wales
Full case nameRJW and SJW v. Guardian News and Media Ltd and Person(s)
Decided11 September 2009
Citation(s)[2009] EWHC 2540 (QB)
Cases citedLord Browne of Madingley v. Associated Newspapers Ltd. [2008] QB 103
Legislation citedHuman Rights Act 1988
Court membership
Judge(s) sittingMaddison J

RJW v Guardian News and Media Limited ([2009] EWHC 2540 (QB)), also known as Trafigura v Guardian News and Media Limited and the Trafigura case, was a 2009 legal action in which Trafigura attempted to use a super-injunction to prevent the press reporting details of toxic waste dumping in the Ivory Coast.[1] A landmark case in UK privacy law, the case brought these types of injunction under scrutiny and caused government concern about the injunctions and how they are used.[2] The injunction was released on The Guardian after Paul Farrelly MP brought up the topic during Parliamentary Questions and the publication of the report on WikiLeaks.[3]


References

  1. ^ "How the Trafigura story came to be told". The Guardian. 16 October 2009.
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