{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox court case | name = BBC v HarperCollins | court = [[High Court of Justice]] | image = | date decided = 4 October 2010 | full name = | citations = [2010] [http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2010/2424.html EWHC 2424 (Ch)], [2011] EMLR 6 | judges = Morgan J | prior actions = | subsequent actions = | opinions = | transcripts = | keywords = }} '''''BBC v HarperCollins''''' (2010) EWHC 2424 was a 2010 case in [[English law]], in which the [[BBC]] applied for an injunction to prevent [[HarperCollins]] publishing a book by [[Ben Collins (racing driver)|Ben Collins]], which was to reveal his identity as the racing driver known as '[[The Stig]]' on the BBC's ''[[Top Gear (2002 TV series)|Top Gear]]'' programme.<ref>{{cite web|last=Butterworth |first=Siobhain |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/datablog/2011/aug/05/superinjunctions-gagging-orders-injunctions-list |title=Superinjunctions, gagging orders and injunctions: the full list &#124; Siobhain Butterworth & Maya Wolfe-Robinson &#124; Law |work=The Guardian|date=5 August 2011 |accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref>

==Judgement== The BBC was not granted the injunction. HarperCollins thus released the book in September 2010.

[[Robin Shaw (lawyer)|Robin Shaw]] of [[Davenport Lyons]] acted for HarperCollins. On the conclusion of the case in September 2010, ''[[The Times]]'' named Shaw as Lawyer of the Week.<ref>Linda Tsang, [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article2727939.ece/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512133158/http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/law/article2727939.ece "Lawyer of the week Robin Shaw@], ''[[The Times]]'', 16 September 2010</ref>

== See also == * ''[[BBC v Johns]]'' * ''[[R (ProLife Alliance) v. BBC]]''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2010/2424.html Bailii]

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