Courts: Super-injunctions

Lord Lloyd of Berwick Excerpts

Thursday 19th May 2011 Lords Chamber

[Lord McNally]

That is an extremely interesting question, one I hope that the Master of the Rolls has been considering and one to which he will give the answer tomorrow—I think.

[Lord Lloyd of Berwick]

Would the noble Lord accept that, of course, the judges take the public interest into account at the moment when deciding whether to grant a super-injunction? Would he also accept, as has been said so often, that the public interest in this connection is not to be equated with what may be of interest to the public?