Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment and Others

Paul Mertens led by Tom Forster KC (18 Red Lion Chambers) acted initially as Advocates to the Court, and then as Special Advocates for the Media Defendants, in unprecedented proceedings before the High Court and Court of Appeal where a super injunction (against the world) was granted preventing the disclosure of the fact of the release of a data set, in the case of Ministry of Defence v Global Media and Entertainment and Others, KB-2023-003361.

Details of the proceedings can be found in the four judgments of the High Court (Chamberlain J); [2023] EWHC 2999 (KB), [2024] EWHC 312 (KB), [2024] EWHC 1220 (KB), [2025] EWHC 1806 (Admin) and Court of Appeal [2024] EWCA Civ 838.

Any queries concerning the role of the Special Advocates should be addressed to the GLD Press Office: gldpressoffice@governmentlegal.gov.uk

The case has been widely reported in the national press, including The Times, Independent, The Guardian, The Telegraph, BBC and Daily Mail.