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[MadAmster]

Was a super injunction used in relation to the Southport murders or was it the Law that protects minors? I thought the latter but will gladly accept being proven wrong.

The idea of a super injunction is not one with which I disagree. There may be issues which shouldn't, initially, be reported on. Why? Matters of National Security for one, I'd go along with. Matters pertaining to Court cases which might prevent a fair trial is another.

What I would emphasise though is that they should, IMO, rarely be used and should need to be issued by a panel of High Court judges, not by a single judge/magistrate and never by a government of whatever flavour.

[Andy_Faber]

Was a super injunction used in relation to the Southport murders or was it the Law that protects minors? I thought the latter but will gladly accept being proven wrong.

The idea of a super injunction is not one with which I disagree. There may be issues which shouldn't, initially, be reported on. Why? Matters of National Security for one, I'd go along with. Matters pertaining to Court cases which might prevent a fair trial is another.

What I would emphasise though is that they should, IMO, rarely be used and should need to be issued by a panel of High Court judges, not by a single judge/magistrate and never by a government of whatever flavour.

the issue brough up by Siths post, if true, DOES affect HMG. On balance unlikely to be true because 'rumours of super injunctions' have become fashionable on the net simply because they can be neither confirmed nor denied. I agree with them when used for 'good', they seem to have become the preserve of the well to do wanting to hide indiscretions - but again, who knows for sure?