When asked why Imperial is pursuing an injunction this time, Steve Robertson, vice president for corporate affairs, said the Klabona Keepers have made "no reasonable request" this time around.
Since the law was adopted in 1947, administrations have sought such injunctions 31 times, and the courts have granted them 29 times.
In such situations, the normal remedy is to grant an injunction limiting the time of the activity.
In it, he held that the High Court was bound to apply Bonnard v Perryman, but granted an injunction until such time as a more senior court could determine Bonnard's status.
Bradlee's response to the injunction against the Times was to decide that he would publish the documents in the Post.
Nightjack A policeman who wrote an award-winning blog under the name Nightjack lost his battle to retain anonymity after the high court overturned a temporary injunction against the Times, which had discovered his identity, in June last year.
He succeeded in winning an injunction against the Times after one of its reporters pieced together his identity, but his legal protection was swiftly rescinded by the high court.
Remedies are defined in terms of monetary damages, injunctions and/or prison time.
This time, the injunction to cut out the jokes came from his own advisers.
Late Tuesday, a judge denied the request for an immediate injunction, saying he needed time to review the law.
