Judge refuses to lift order banning press from naming Fred Goodwin's mistress

A HIGH Court judge today refused to lift an order banning journalists naming a woman with whom former bank boss Sir Fred Goodwin had an "extra-marital affair".

Lawyers from News Group Newspapers - publishers of The Sun and News of the World - asked Mr Justice Tugendhat earlier this month to lift the privacy injunction imposed earlier this year.

Their application was opposed by lawyers representing the woman - a former work colleague of Sir Fred's at the Royal Bank of Scotland.