| CTB v News Group Newspapers | |
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| Court | High Court of Justice (Queen's Bench Division) |
| Full case name | CTB v News Group Newspapers Limited & Anor |
| Decided | 16 May 2011[1] |
| Citation | [2011] EWHC 1232 QB |
| Case history | |
| Related actions | CTB v. Twitter Inc., Persons Unknown |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | David Eady |
CTB v News Group Newspapers is an English legal case between Manchester United player Ryan Giggs,[2] given the pseudonym CTB, and defendants News Group Newspapers Limited and model Imogen Thomas.
On 14 April 2011, Mr Justice Eady granted first a temporary injunction at the High Court in London, preventing the naming of the footballer in the media, then extending it on 21 April 2011. The injunction was initially intended to prevent details of the case – an alleged extra-marital relationship between Giggs and Thomas – from being published in The Sun.[1][3] The ruling of the court was based on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to respect for private and family life.
Following the publication of details of the gagging order on Twitter, naming Giggs as the footballer involved, there was widespread discussion in the UK and international media on the issue of how court injunctions can be enforced in the age of social media websites.[4][5]
On 23 May 2011, Justice Eady rejected News Group Newspapers' application to lift the injunction, despite pressure from the public and government. Later the same day, Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming used parliamentary privilege to name Ryan Giggs as CTB.[2]
- ^ a b CTB v News Group Newspapers Ltd & Anor. High Court of Justice. 16 May 2011
- ^ a b "MP Names Footballer at Centre of Gagging Order in House of Commons". Sky News. UK. 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ CTB v News Group Newspapers Limited & Anor [2011] EWHC 1232 (QB) (16 May 2011), High Court (England and Wales)
- ^ Brito, Jerry (21 May 2011). "Twitter's Super-Duper U.K. Censorship Trouble". Time. USA. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
- ^ Wilkinson, Peter (23 May 2011). "Social media making mockery of privacy laws". CNN. USA. Retrieved 23 May 2011.