Sir Philip Green injunction against Daily Telegraph dropped
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Sir Philip Green’s legal action against the Daily Telegraph has been formally ended by a High Court judge.
The Topshop boss had gagged the newspaper from publishing allegations of misconduct against five employees.
He had said he wanted to drop the case because it was “pointless” after he was named in Parliament as the businessman behind the injunction.
In a ruling on Friday, Mr Justice Warby granted the Topshop owner permission to discontinue the proceedings.
Sir Philip denies allegations he behaved wrongly.
The newspaper had intended to publish allegations of misconduct made against Sir Philip by the employees – who all received substantial payments after settling their claims in return for saying no more about them – under non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
Who is Sir Philip Green?
Sir Philip used to be known as the king of the High Street.
He built a fortune from a retail empire that included Topshop, BHS, Burton and Miss Selfridge.
He sold BHS in March 2015 for £1, but it went into administration a year later, leaving a £571m hole in its pension fund.
He later agreed a £363m cash settlement with the Pensions Regulator to plug the gap.
In a report into the collapse of BHS, MPs called the episode “the unacceptable face of capitalism”.
He and his wife Cristina are estimated by Forbes to be worth £3.8bn.
