"A British performing artist has been forced to shelve a book based on his experiences of childhood sexual abuse..."

"... after his ex-wife obtained an injunction to prevent their young son from reading it."

After a copy of the manuscript was leaked to [the mother], she brought proceedings on behalf of her son, who has Asperger syndrome, attention deficit disorder and a number of other health problems. [the mother] says that on divorce, she and her ex-husband agreed to a court order that requires them to attempt to prevent their child from discovering information about their past lives “which would have a detrimental effect on the child’s wellbeing.”...

[The lawyer for the mother and the son] said: “This is a very specific case which turns on its specific and unusual facts. These relate to a vulnerable child and his father, who has in the past recognised the need to protect his son from his own past history.”

Jo Glanville, director of English PEN, which works to defend the rights of writers, said: “This sets a worrying precedent for injuncting memoirs or any non-fiction that may expose or investigate the past, whether personal or political. It would allow anyone to cite the distress of a relative or friend as grounds for censorship.”