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Trafigura gag attempt unites house in protest
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| MPs from all parties protested at Westminster this
| afternoon at attempts by lawyers acting for the oil
| trader Trafigura to stop reports of parliamentary
| proceedings.
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| The Labour MP Paul Farrelly told the speaker, John
| Bercow, attempts by lawyers Carter-Ruck to gag the
| media could be a "potential contempt of
| parliament".
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/trafigura-carter-ruck-gag
Gag on Guardian reporting MP's Trafigura question lifted
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/13/guardian-gagged-parliamentary-question
The Carter-Ruck school of viral marketing
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| Marketing experts were stunned today at the success
| of media law firm Carter-Ruck's high profile
| 'gagging order' campaign, designed to generate buzz
| around their client Trafigura's latest toxic waste
| product.
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http://www.dailyquail.org/2009/10/carter-ruck-school-of-viral-marketing.html
Recent:
Minton report: Trafigura toxic dumping along the Ivory Coast broke EU regulations, 14 Sep 2006
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| (update Oct 12, GMT) Following press
| reportage about dumping off the coast of
| Africa, Waterson & Hicks, a UK law firm
| acting for Trafigura, a large London based
| oil and commodity trader, ordered and
| received this confidential report (the so-
| called "Minton report") into toxic dumping
| practices by its client along and on the
| Ivory Coast. The report reveals a number
| of toxic dumping incidents and appears to
| be the report behind the extraordinary
| secret October 11, 2009 gagging of the
| Guardian newspaper.
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http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Minton_report:_Trafigura_Toxic_dumping_along_the_Ivory_Coast_broke_EU_regulations%2C_14_Sep_2006
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