In English law an anonymised injunction is, according to the Neuberger Committee, "an interim injunction which restrains a person from publishing information which concerns the applicant and is said to be confidential or private where the names of either or both of the parties to the proceedings are not stated". An anonymised injunction is distinct from a "

superinjunction An injunction is a legal and equitable remedy in the form of a special court order that compels a party to do or refrain from specific acts. ("The court of appeals ... has exclusive jurisdiction to enjoin, set aside, suspend (in whole or in par ...

" which also prevents publication that the injunction has been obtained. When reported, anonymised injunctions have case names which hide the identity of one or more parties, for example ''

PJS v News Group Newspapers ''PJS v News Group Newspapers Ltd'' 016UKSC 26 is a UK constitutional law case in which an anonymised privacy injunctionThe injunction has been incorrectly referred to as a "super-injunction" in some media reports. Super-injunctions prohibit pub ...

''.

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