A major review by senior judges into court injunctions used by high-profile figures to gag the media will be published today.
The report is likely to recommend the media are allowed into court when injunctions and so-called super-injunctions are being sought.
Lord Neuberger, the senior civil judge in England and Wales, has chaired a year-long inquiry by a committee of judges and lawyers into the operation of super-injunctions.
The report cannot change the law, nor can it give explicit advice to the government.
However, it is expected to say the media will still be restricted over what they can report.
Its release coincides with a series of headlines involving high-profile figures over the past few weeks which have been largely critical of superinjunctions.
And it comes a day after a gagging order obtained by former Royal Bank of Scotland heard Sir Fred Goodwin was partially lifted by the High Court after allegations he had an affair were made public in the House of Lords.
Lib Dem peer Lord Stoneham used parliamentary privilege to reveal details of an injunction concerning the former RBS chief executive Sir Fred Goodwin.
Downing Street said the government would consider the report carefully.
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