RJW v Guardian News and Media Ltd
RJW v Guardian News and Media Limited ([2009] EWHC 2540 (QB)) also known as Trafigura v Guardian News and Media Limited and better known as the Trafigura case was a 2009 legal action in which Trafigura attempted to use a super-injunction to prevent the press reporting details of toxic waste dumping in the Ivory Coast.[1] This super-injunction was overturned after Paul Farrelly MP brought up the topic during Parliamentary Questions.
| RJW v Guardian News and Media Limited | |
|---|---|
| Court | High Court of England and Wales |
| Decided | 11 September 2009 |
| Citation(s) | [2009] EWHC 2540 (QB) |
| Cases cited | Lord Browne of Madingley v. Associated Newspapers Ltd. [2008] QB 103 |
| Legislation cited | Human Rights Act 1988 |
| Court membership | |
| Judge(s) sitting | Maddison J |
References
- "How the Trafigura story came to be told". The Guardian. 16 October 2009.
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