The number of privacy injunctions being applied for between July and December 2012 dropped by nearly two-thirds compared with the first half of the year, according to Ministry of Justice figures.

There were eight High Court injunction applications between July and December 2012 – down from 22 in the first half of the year.

This number, for between January and June 2012, was more than double that for the latter half of 2011, when nine applications were made.