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The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

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The Law Show: Super injunctions

Super injunctions

07/06/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Super injunctions

Presenter Joshua Rozenberg looks at the rise of anonymised injunctions in privacy cases.

Celebrities have been taking advantage of privacy laws to protect their reputations. Presenter Joshua Rozenberg looks at what the future is for these laws.

While every paper has been revelling in the fact they can now name the mystery footballer who had an injunction to keep his name and his alleged affair secret, the fact remains that the injunction protecting him is still in place. This has led to a ridiculing of the judiciary in the press and on the internet and the announcement of a commission by the government to look at how our privacy laws work. This week Joshua Rozenberg looks at what has gone wrong, if the courts can control the internet and what options are available to the government if they want to change our privacy laws.

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