Celebrity injunction: Decision over whether to uphold privacy order delayed until Monday

Judges at the Court of Appeal are considering whether to lift an injunction barring tabloid from naming celebrity

The judgement will be announced on Monday (AFP/Getty Images)

A celebrity at the centre of a privacy injunction has been told they will have to wait until midday on Monday to find out if the order will be overturned by judges.

The Sun On Sunday wants to publish the name of the “well known” man’s alleged “extra-marital activities” but an injunction imposed by the Court of Appeal after he took legal action prevents them from doing so.

Lawyers for The Sun on Sunday returned to court on Friday to ask judges to review the Court of Appeal’s decision and withdraw the injunction.

They say the ban should go because the man - who is described as being in the entertainment business and in a relationship with someone who is also a well known individual in the same business - has been named by publications in the US, Scotland and other countries. The injunction only applies in England and Wales.

The claimant has opposed the application and says the ban should stay in place. The court had been planning to announce its decision at 4pm but this has now been delayed until Monday.

In their initial ruling granting the privacy order, judges said identifying the man and his partner and publishing the story would be “devastating” for him and would “generate a media storm”, which would, in turn, make their young children the subject of increased media attention.

This was the first injunction to reach the Court of Appeal for five years.