Andrew Marr has told the Daily Mail he is embarrassed about the injunction he took out to stop the paper writing about his private life.
I did not come into journalism to go about gagging journalists, he said.
Everyone is entitled to a private life and injunctions allow invasions of privacy to be stopped before they happen. This is the argument in favour of injunctions. But there is also a strong argument against:
Photojournalists: lives on the line
Working in a war zone is dangerous, the deaths of Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros remind us. Yet without their bravery, and that of others like them, important stories would never properly be told.
A round-up of tributes and analysis on Storify:
Privacy injunctions and free speech
David Cameron says that privacy law should be made by Parliament rather than judges. The PM was responding to a series of injunctions restricting what newspapers and others can publish about certain famous people's private lives.
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- Fred Goodwin gets superinjunction to stop him being called a banker -- Guardian
- Premiership footballer who cheated with Imogen Thomas is told his secret is safe as court tightens injunction -- Mirror
- Married TV star wins worldwide gagging order from judge -- Telegraph
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