AQW 33719/11-15

Mr Jim Allister KC
Traditional Unionist Voice
North Antrim

Tabled Date: 28/05/2014
Answered On Date: 11/06/2014
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Justice how many super-injunctions have been (i) sought; and (ii) granted through applications to the High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland, each year from 2007 to date.

Answer:

There is no legal definition of the term “super injunction” and the question has been interpreted as seeking information on orders prohibiting publicity on the granting of injunctive relief.

Information on the number of injunctive relief applications sought is held on the originating application. A manual review would be required to identify the nature of the application and would incur a disproportionate cost.

The table below details the number of orders granted since 2007 prohibiting publicity on the granting of injunctive relief.

Year	Number of “Super-Injunctions” granted
2007	0
2008	0
2009	2
2010	2
2011	2
2012	0
2013	1
2014	0
Total	7