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Tugendhat J refuses to lift order on Fred Goodwin's affair

Is there not a fine distinction to be drawn here? That between the legitimate public interest in a story which it would be of a detriment to prevent from publication and that of sheer public interest in the lives ofthe notorious or celebrities. The later is not a legitimate public interest. The former, of course, is. If the story concerns a factor relating to the collapse, and ergo government intervention, of one of the nation's largest banks, of which the public is now a major stakeholder, surely a legitimate public interest exists.

9-Jun-2011

5:36 pm