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| June 2018 | Lord Mance, after retiring as Deputy President of the Supreme Court, gave an interview stating there was 'no point' in maintaining secret identities that had already been published online or in foreign media, commenting on the PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd case's privacy implications. |
| November 4 2016 | The case was settled by a Tomlin order in the High Court of Justice by Mr Justice Warby. News Group Newspapers was ordered to pay damages and costs, and give undertakings not to use, disclose, or republish certain articles related to the claimant. |
| May 2016 | PJS appealed to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, which ultimately upheld the original injunction by a majority vote of 4-1. |
| May 19 2016 | The Supreme Court delivered a judgment by a 4-1 margin allowing the interim injunction to remain in force, with Lord Mance providing key reasoning for upholding the injunction. |
| April 2016 | The Court of Appeal ruled to lift the injunction, arguing that the allegations had already been widely published abroad and online. |
| April 21 2016 | PJS appealed the decision to lift the interim injunction to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, with the court hearing the appeal on this date. |
| April 18 2016 | Court of Appeal lifts the original injunction, with Lord Justice Jackson stating that much of the harm the injunction was intended to prevent had already occurred due to widespread international and online publications. |
| January 2016 | PJS applied to the High Court of Justice in London for an injunction to prevent publication of a news story about a sexual encounter by The Sun on Sunday. The initial application was declined on the basis of public interest. |
| January 22 2016 | Court of Appeal overturns Cranston's decision and grants an injunction preventing publication of the story, ruling that PJS's privacy rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights outweigh the newspaper's freedom of expression rights. |
| January 18 2016 | PJS applied to the High Court of Justice for an injunction to prohibit The Sun on Sunday from publishing a story. The application was declined by Mr Justice Cranston, who ruled that publication would be in the public interest, citing the claimant's previous public portrayal of a committed relationship. |
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