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''BBC v HarperCollins'' (2010) EWHC 2424 was a 2010 case in English law, in which the
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applied for an injunction to prevent
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publishing a book by Ben Collins, which was to reveal his identity as the racing driver known as '
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' on the BBC's ''
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Judgement

The BBC was not granted the injunction. HarperCollins thus released the book in September 2010.


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