Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith has insisted he was right to take out a super-injunction after private e-mails were hacked and passed to newspapers.

BBC: Tory MP Zac Goldsmith defends super-injunction

Mr Goldsmith, who represents Richmond Park, in south-west London, said his case was "probably the best example of why a super-injunction has merit".

BBC: Tory MP Zac Goldsmith defends super-injunction

Mr Goldsmith was granted the super-injunction in 2008.

BBC: Tory MP Zac Goldsmith defends super-injunction

There has been considerable behind the scenes discussion of the activities of Mr Hemming - who has deliberately broken the terms of one super-injunction in the Commons, has complained about court orders restraining his constituents from talking to him.

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The FSA looked into the question of Sir Fred Goodwin's private life and the possibility that relations in the bank might have been a tad inappropriate - the subject of a super-injunction, partially lifted last May - and concluded the matter was "irrelevant to the story of RBS's failure".

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Reports say he has taken out a so-called super injunction against the press, forbidding both reports on both the allegations and the gagging order itself.

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Lord Judge was also asked about so-called "super-injunctions", which prevent disclosure of the fact that a court injunction has been made.

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