In the case of the BBC presenter, there is no specific injunction we know of, but he is unnamed because of the tightening of privacy laws particularly after the case of Sir Cliff Richard, who was paid damages by the BBC after being named as part of a police investigation.īoth Conservative cabinet minister Mel Stride and Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth told Sky News this morning they would not name the presenter, although some newspapers report that other MPs are discussing it.Īlthough they have legal protection, MPs are likely to be wary of the many disputed claims in this case with regards to naming. The peer later said: "What concerned me about this case was wealth, and power than comes with it, and abuse, and that was what led me to act in the way that I did." The retail tycoon Philip Green was named by Lord Hain, back in 2018, using privilege, as the mystery businessman involved in allegations of misconduct, reported by the Daily Telegraph. He was named by former Lib Dem MP John Hemming, who campaigned against secrecy in the family courts, but was criticised by some colleagues for going against a court order. It has been used to expose corruption or criminal activity, but more recently - and controversially - to name rich and famous people protected by the courts.įor example back in 2011, Ryan Giggs was named as the "married footballer" with an injunction, after tabloid reports that he had an affair with a reality star. Parliamentary privilege is a right dating back to 1689 which protects parliamentarians from being sued, for example on the grounds of defamation. As the BBC presenter at the centre of pay-for-images allegations remains anonymous, there is the possibility an MP or peer could name the star.
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