Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 21058

Injunctions

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 6 January 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made and assessment of the potential merits of the reform of super-injunctions; and whether she has had recent discussions with 10 Downing Street on the matter.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
There are no plans to reform the law. The courts determine individual applications for interim injunctions to restrain publication of confidential information (and the existence of the injunction) on the merits of each case, and in accordance with the law...
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