A top judge has warned the family justice system is failing to address freedom of speech considerations after overturning a “shocking” injunction banning The Sun from revealing how a four-year-old girl was left in foster care with a man accused of downloading child porn.

The High Court gag meant The Sun was unable to report that the young girl had been left with the unnamed man for two weeks after social workers learned of the suspicions.

It was only able to publish today’s story after a two-month legal battle, hailing yesterday’s decision to overturn the injunction order by Mr Justice Baker as a victory for freedom of speech.