Police injunction forces Herald Sun to stop the press

Melbourne masthead The Herald Sun was forced to stop the presses last night as Victoria Police obtained an injunction preventing the newspaper from publishing any details about an unnamed lawyer.

The News Corp title reported police had taken the “extraordinary” action of seeking a Supreme Court injunction at 7.30pm last night, preventing it from reporting any information about “Lawyer X”.

Although the newspaper argues it had no intention of naming or identifying the lawyer, the court ordered the newspaper to stop its presses.

Victoria Police had sought the court order to prohibit the publishing of any information that would tend to identify the lawyer.