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An example was the superinjunction raised in September 2009 by Carter-Ruck solicitors on behalf of oil trader Trafigura, prohibiting the reporting of an internal Trafigura report into the 2006 Côte d ' Ivoire toxic waste dump scandal.
The existence of the superinjunction was revealed only when it was referred to in a parliamentary question that was subsequently circulated on the Internet ( parliamentary privilege protects statements which would otherwise be held to be in contempt of court ).
Before it could be challenged in court, the injunction was then varied to permit reporting of the question.
By long legal tradition, parliamentary proceedings may be reported without restriction.
Parliamentary proceedings are only covered by qualified privilege.
Another example of the use of a superinjunction was in a libel case in which a plaintiff who claimed he was defamed by family members in a dispute over a multimillion pound family trust obtained anonymity for himself and for his relatives.

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