Daily Star Sunday: A to Z of 50 super-injunctions

The Daily Star Sunday has compiled an A to Z list of 50 super-injunctions which it claims is the most comprehensive ever published.

The paper claims there is a super-injunction protecting someone who is dead. It says the order was taken out in 2008 by an elderly man and remains in place despite his death.

According to the Daily Star Sunday, there are 12 true super-injunctions, about which no details can be reported.

The rest, although sometimes dubbed super-injunctions, are anonymous injunctions. Nine footballers, nine actors, four pop stars, six wealthy businessmen and women, a senior civil servant and an MP have won the restrictions to stop their secrets reaching you.

The Daily Telegraph has also been carrying out an investigation into super-injunctions.

The Telegraph’s audit found:

• Nine footballers, nine actors, four pop stars, six wealthy businessmen and women, a senior civil servant and an MP have obtained injunctions;

• Just three High Court judges have granted more than a third of the injunctions between them;

• Schillings, the media law firm, has obtained more than 20 of the orders and been paid an estimated £2 million;

• One super-injunction is so binding that even the name of the judge has been kept secret. He can be referred to only as Mr Justice [xxxx].