WER v REW

WER v REW was an anonymised legal case in which Chris Hutcheson, represented by Hugh Tomlinson QC, of Schillings,[1] took out an injunction to prevent Popdog Ltd from publishing details regarding his private life,[2] and was heard before Justice Sir Charles Grey in January 2009.[3] Hutcheson – Gordon Ramsay's former business partner and father-in-law[4] – gained an injunction but it was later partially lifted,[5] and ultimately overturned in the Court of Appeal, with Hutcheson being publicly named by the judge.

  1. ^ "Injunctions - News - Law Society Gazette".
  2. ^ "Society of Editors, Fighting for media freedom". www.societyofeditors.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (23 February 2010). Press standards, privacy and libel: second report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written evidence. The Stationery Office. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-0-215-54407-0.
  4. ^ "Society of Editors, Fighting for media freedom".
  5. ^ Laura Scaife (20 November 2014). Handbook of Social Media and the Law. CRC Press. pp. 29–. ISBN 978-1-317-75479-4.