Associated Press
Friday, December 11, 2009
LONDON — A British judge has barred journalists in the country from publishing some material about golfer Tiger Woods.
An injunction issued Thursday even blocks media including The Associated Press from revealing the details of the order itself. As a result, media who obey the order cannot tell the public what they have been barred from revealing.
News organizations based outside of the UK ignored the order, however. The celebrity Web site TMZ published a copy of the injunction.
The order was imposed Thursday afternoon by High Court Justice David Eady after it was sought by Schillings, the firm representing Woods in Britain.
London-based media lawyer Nigel Tait said such an injunction would have been unlikely in the United States, where reporting on the private lives of public figures is given greater protection.
Britain has no formal privacy law but it is a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights, which guarantees the right to respect for privacy and family life. Celebrities have increasingly used this clause to fight media exposes.
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