Sir Frederick Anderson Goodwin formerly the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) Press aren’t allowed to call him a banker (March 16 2011)

Sir Frederick Anderson Goodwin formerly the chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) at a secret High Court hearing obtained a super-injunction preventing the United Kingdom media from identifying him as a banker or discussing his affair with a married colleague. The ruling on the basis of privacy effectively gags all media reporting on the affair, leading to the only remaining alternative in the use of parliament privilege by a parliamentary member to disclose the extent of the gag order and its effect on freedom of speech. The use of costly super-injunctions has received much criticism in the UK for covering up celebrity scandals, and their availability to only those with the wealth to effectively purchase them.

 

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