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Fred Goodwin Gets Superinjunction to Stop Him Being Called a Banker - The Guardian, London, 11 March, 2011

Glossary:

Sir Frederick Anderson Goodwin CA, FCIBS, former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS), which was bailed out by the British government in 2008 and is now owned mostly by the British taxpayer. Also known as “Fred the Shred.”

Superinjunction: an injunction obtained in a secret convening of the court where in the result, the court file, the names of the parties and even the terms of the injunction order are secret except as between the parties, counsel, the judge and the court staff.