Legal firm Carter-Ruck have got two injunctions from the High Court under the Protection From Harassment Act in a bid to stop the paps from following that Lily Allen chick.
The legal types went to court last week after one pap's car collided with Lily's own car as she left her London home. Having bumped into her car, the charming photographers then continued to pursue Allen by road.
Arguing that that activity amounted to harassment under the law, Carter-Ruck got two photo agencies, Big Pictures and Matrix Photos, and one specific photographer to make undertakings in court to not harass Allen in the future. Mr Justice Eady also issued an injunction "restraining further harassment" by other paparazzi photographers, which basically means that anyone considered a pap cannot approach Allen within 100 metres of her home, photograph her at her home or the houses of her family and friends, or pursue her by road.
Confirming the legal action against the paps, lawyer Mark Thomson told reporters: "My client, Lily Allen, has faced constant harassment over the last few months from the paparazzi. As a result of this and various incidents of harassment that took place in London on Thursday, my client has now been forced to take legal action. In a court hearing that took place on Friday afternoon, my client, Lily Allen, has resolved issues with two picture agencies and a photographer. She has also obtained from the high Court an injunction restraining further harassment of her by other unnamed paparazzi photographers. My client is delighted with the outcome of the hearing on Friday".