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publicity prevention

samslade · 2009-06-15 15:51:01

Is it likely to be possible for someone to prevent publicity of a case in which they are involved in? A way of stopping the case being in the media, or at least omitting the names of the people involved? I'm not talking about special cases where there is a child involved or someone could be endangered or anything. But, for…

15-06-2009 3:51pm

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Is it likely to be possible for someone to prevent publicity of a case in which they are involved in? A way of stopping the case being in the media, or at least omitting the names of the people involved?

I'm not talking about special cases where there is a child involved or someone could be endangered or anything. But, for example, if someone is accused of something incorrectly: They might not want people in general to know about it, and that seems reasonable. It could effect their reputation or career etc.

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#2 15-06-2009 3:54pm

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They could ask the judge to issue an injunction.

You'd need to talk to a solicitor

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#3 15-06-2009 4:13pm

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People have paid off journos in the past to have a court report omitted from the local rag.

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#4 17-06-2009 10:59am

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Thanks for your replies.
According to a solicitor, sometimes publicity is prevented if there is a child involved or for something sexual. Otherwise there's nothing you can do about it.

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