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Footballer agrees to lift anonymity
Former international footballer Ryan Giggs has been named in court for the first time as the player behind a high-profile injunction over his private-life.
Ryan Giggs: Pursuing case for damages
The Manchester United star agreed to lift the anonymity injunction, but is still pursuing his case for damages against The Sun, according to The Daily Telegraph in London.
Mr Giggs brought the injunction in April last year to prevent The Sun from publishing details of an alleged extra-marital affair between the footballer and reality television star Imogen Thomas. However, thousands of people defied the order by identifying the Welshman on Twitter as the player in question, finally resulting in Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming using parliamentary privilege to name him in the House of Commons.
Private information
According to a report in The Guardian newspaper, Mr Justice Tugendhat, who confirmed that the anonymity order was lifted on 1 February, is now considering a claim by Mr Giggs for damages for alleged misuse of private information by The Sun. The footballer is also seeking an injunction to restrain any future publication of private information.
Dead in the water
The paper also quotes News Group Newspaper’s barrister, Richard Spearman QC, in his less-than-impressed reply to Mr Giggs’s claim, which he described as ‘dead in the water’, advising that it should be thrown out.
Mr Giggs brought the injunction in April last year to prevent The Sun from publishing details of an alleged extra-marital affair between the footballer and reality television star Imogen Thomas. However, thousands of people defied the order by identifying the Welshman on Twitter as the player in question, finally resulting in Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming using parliamentary privilege to name him in the House of Commons.
Private information
According to a report in The Guardian newspaper, Mr Justice Tugendhat, who confirmed that the anonymity order was lifted on 1 February, is now considering a claim by Mr Giggs for damages for alleged misuse of private information by The Sun. The footballer is also seeking an injunction to restrain any future publication of private information.
Dead in the water
The paper also quotes News Group Newspaper’s barrister, Richard Spearman QC, in his less-than-impressed reply to Mr Giggs’s claim, which he described as ‘dead in the water’, advising that it should be thrown out.
