Dominic Casciani
Home and legal correspondent
David Walliams has been named because he had no legally sound reason to prevent the Guardian and ITN (which produces news for ITV) from disclosing their allegations, which he denies.
His lawyers wanted the two organisations to be permanently gagged from running their story. They argued that if they were not stopped from running the claims, it would cause irreparable harm to Walliams’ mental health, potentially leading to him trying to take his own life.
That, they argued, would be a breach of the state’s duty, under the European Convention on Human Rights, to protect
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