PPT missed their injunction appeal deadline: What happens now?
PPT missed their injunction appeal deadline: What happens now?
With the 9 November 4:30 pm UK deadline passed and no appeal filed, the High Court’s refusal to block Guardian News & Media and ITN from publishing allegations against the anonymous claimant stands, subject to the granted permission to appeal.
Status of the name
The man’s identity remains protected only until either outlet chooses to publish it.
What the judge already ruled
- Mr Justice Nicklin accepted that publication would “materially increase” PPT’s suicide risk and that the increase would be “very substantial.”
- Nevertheless, the judge held that the court has not assumed responsibility for the claimant’s psychiatric treatment or safety in the relevant sense.
- Claims under Articles 3 and 8 were rejected for substantially the same reasons and because the injunction would impose an “exceptionally serious interference” with the media’s freedom-of-expression rights.
Next practical steps
Absent a fresh application or a late, out-of-time appeal (both discretionary and uncertain). Social-media speculation remains subject to the judge’s earlier warning against “jigsaw identification.”
