Rather than ignore the tweets, Schillings acted the only way it knew how and went on the attack. The lawyers applied for, and were granted, an application to request that Twitter hand over details of the originators of the tweets, which they believed would incriminate the Sun.
It was legally correct — but it was also the point where the unintended consequences kicked in. Not only did it result in thousands more people tweeting and retweeting their client's name, but made it look like they were attempting to go after a rich newspaper group and members of the public. An incorrect story at the weekend suggesting that lawyers for another footballer were attempting to bring criminal contempt of court charges which could result in a two-year jail sentence against the tweeters raised the temperature still further.
And then the Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming — who himself had got hold of the wrong end of the stick — raised the matter in Parliament under the guise of parliamentary privilege. Schillings's injunction was blown out of the water. Yesterday, the law firm insisted it had never been its intention to try to legally gag or prosecute thousands of individual Twitter users.
And to be fair, there is nothing to suggest that it has. But that doesn't matter any more. Time for more people to cock a snook at them. Mine is enscarth hotmail. Thank goodness we have at least one politician who believes in free speech. Surely these footballers cannot claim that their mistresses are part of their family life unless they really are!
It is a broader right than just a right to a private family life, so a private sex life with a mistress or whomever would fall within that right. People keep moaning that it is because of their role-model status that they should be ousted.
Well unless I am mistaken, when the injunctions are in-force, young impressionable children are none the wiser thus they are not bad role-models per-se. The celebrity or footballer may become a bad role model, however, when the gossiping media break or get the injunction over-turned. The answer is therefore very simple, let them carry on. I wonder when Parliament will start taking responsibility for what is happening at the moment. Are they in denial about the fact that it is the absence of legislation that is the cause of all of this?
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It says a lot when few MPs are standing beside John Hemming on this issue. John Hirst says:. That would have still allowed for a prosecution should it be proved that some of the Twitter revelations were actually coming from journalists who were well aware of the prohibition on naming him Loading Lloyd Jenkins says:. Tara Davison says:. ObiterJ says:. Law Review: The injunction saga moves towards the end game… but is it check-mate to The Sun?
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