Tedious as this is becoming at one level - the identity of a millionaire footballer playing away from home ZZzzzzz - it is becoming something of a lightening rod for the whole issue of the control of information and the rights of the individuals involved.
It's also setting the battle lines for a fight between the judiciary and Parliament as legal experts - such as Vera Baird QC (Solicitor General 2007 - 2010) - queue up to 'deplore the use of Parliament to wreck the properly decided judgment of the court'.
While MPs such as John Hemming point to Article 9 of the Bill of Rights which he says make it clear that the dealings of Parliament cannot be questioned. In effect, Parliament remains sovereign, which was certainly what I was brought up to understand. Of course it's not hard to find someone who will take the opposite view, especially where British and European law collide. But it is a serious point - who has primacy, the those who make law or those who interpret the law?
