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Maggy

10-03-2011 20:16

Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2...nction-banking

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The controversial former bank chief Sir Fred Goodwin is the latest high profile figure to obtain a superinjunction, it has emerged.
The existence of the measure â€“ which bans the press from reporting that an injunction has been obtained â€“ can be revealed after a backbench Liberal Democrat, John Hemming, raised the issue in the Commons.
"In a secret hearing this week Fred Goodwin has obtained a superinjunction preventing him being identified as a banker," said Hemming, the MP for Birmingham Yardley.

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Hemming, who used parliamentary privilege to avoid the legal ban on reporting the use of superinjunctions, asked: "Will the government have a debate or a statement on freedom of speech and whether there's one rule for the rich like Fred Goodwin and one rule for the poor?"

Quite so..

Ignitionnet

10-03-2011 20:19

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

Indeed. These injunctions are illiberal in the extreme and have no place in our or any other supposedly free society.

Sparkle

11-03-2011 09:20

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

I wonder how long it will be before such injunctions are extended to include internet discussions.
My bet is that as soon as they possess the means to do so, they will.

Peter_

11-03-2011 09:31

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

I personally identify him as something that rhymes with "Banker" to be honest, and what a one he is making himself out to be.;)

Chris

11-03-2011 09:38

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by Sparkle (Post 35191063)

I wonder how long it will be before such injunctions are extended to include internet discussions.
My bet is that as soon as they possess the means to do so, they will.

They already do.

The only reason this discussion is legally allowed to go ahead is because we're discussing something that was said in Parliament, where speech cannot be banned by the courts.

However, anything else covered by this injunction is not allowed to be discussed here. Not that it's likely such topics would come up, as you would probably have had to have been at the high court to know what they are.

MartJ

11-03-2011 09:46

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

Yep the media where about to reveal that Fred the Shred is the evil Banker on Deal or No Deal.

OOPs that's the cat out of the bag now. :D

Maggy

11-03-2011 10:41

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by Chris (Post 35191070)

Thank goodness for Parliamentary privilege I say.At least it can be good for something once in a while.. :)

Hom3r

11-03-2011 10:47

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

Are you sure the injuction is the word "Banker", and not a misprint? :D

nomadking

11-03-2011 10:53

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

Does that mean that the head of a football team is to be called a footballer? Would that person be expected to be directly responsible for any tactics used on the football field?

bonzoe

11-03-2011 19:59

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

Whatever he likes to call himself, he made sure that his pockets were well lined with dosh! Can't possibly say what that makes him in my mind, he might take me to court..........

Hugh	11-03-2011 23:40

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by Masque (Post 35191066)

I personally identify him as something that rhymes with "Banker" to be honest, and what a one he is making himself out to be.;)

I read somewhere that the collective term for a group of bankers is a wunch. :D

Osem	12-03-2011 14:59

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 35191484)

I read somewhere that the collective term for a group of bankers is a wunch. :D

I thought it was a 'banquet'. So named as that's what they spend a lot of time doing.... :D

TheNorm

12-03-2011 15:14

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35190850)

Indeed. These injunctions are illiberal in the extreme and have no place in our or any other supposedly free society.

Well, you can thank the British press for the use of these laws. If they didn't print nude photographs of celebrities on honeymoon, or reveal details of the private life of the president of the FIA, the laws would never have been required.

Ignitionnet

12-03-2011 16:20

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by TheNorm (Post 35191708)

The ability to have a massively encompassing injunction, including the existence of the injunction, isn't required - full stop.

TheNorm

12-03-2011 16:51

Re: Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker

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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35191725)

The ability to have a massively encompassing injunction, including the existence of the injunction, isn't required - full stop.

Yes it is - to avoid headlines such as "Max Mosley gets injunction to stop articles about his sadomasochistic sex acts with prostitutes".

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