Well maybe they don't but certainly the UK legal system is an ass in this case.
Over here a celeb can get a super injunction. That's an injunction against anyone publishing certain information + an injunction against anyone even publishing that there IS an injunction.
So we have a football player who's been playing away wiTHan ex Big Brother contestant and then obtains a super injuncton. A few problems here.
1 The injunction only applies to England and Wales ( his legal advisors obviously didn't realise something we all know - the Scottish legal system is, in most cases, separate.
2 The rest of the world can publish. This pretty much also means the internet ( as long as the servers aren't in England or Wales). The information is all over Twitter etc and is therefore common knowledge anyway
3 There's something called parliamentary privilege. Thats is to say that MPs can say anything they like in the House and are immune from prosecution. The press can then ( possibly) report on whatever is said in parliament.
So it is illegal at the moment to print that the player concerned is Ryan Giggs ( Man Utd and Wales ) but it''s legal to report that this information has been presented in parliament.
As a result of this super injunction, what would have been a minor story of a married footballers infidelity has become the highhest treneded tweet in the UK. Excellent spend of around £200,000 on legal fees that man.
Over here a celeb can get a super injunction. That's an injunction against anyone publishing certain information + an injunction against anyone even publishing that there IS an injunction.
So we have a football player who's been playing away wiTHan ex Big Brother contestant and then obtains a super injuncton. A few problems here.
1 The injunction only applies to England and Wales ( his legal advisors obviously didn't realise something we all know - the Scottish legal system is, in most cases, separate.
2 The rest of the world can publish. This pretty much also means the internet ( as long as the servers aren't in England or Wales). The information is all over Twitter etc and is therefore common knowledge anyway
3 There's something called parliamentary privilege. Thats is to say that MPs can say anything they like in the House and are immune from prosecution. The press can then ( possibly) report on whatever is said in parliament.
So it is illegal at the moment to print that the player concerned is Ryan Giggs ( Man Utd and Wales ) but it''s legal to report that this information has been presented in parliament.
As a result of this super injunction, what would have been a minor story of a married footballers infidelity has become the highhest treneded tweet in the UK. Excellent spend of around £200,000 on legal fees that man.
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