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A High Court judge has broken with tradition and ordered an injunction to be served via the social messaging service Twitter.

The injunction has been served against an unknown Twitter user who anonymously posts tweets using the name Donal Blaney, a solicitor and Conservative blogger. The Twitter account uses Blaney's name, photograph and even his blog, Blaney's Blarney.

The order demands the anonymous Twitter uses reveal their identity and stop posing as Blaney, whose clients include a number of prominent Conservatives. It claims the Twitter user is breaching the copyright of Blaney, who describes the content as 'mildly objectionable'.

UK law states that an injunction does not have to be served in person, and can be served by several different means including fax or email. However, this is believed to be the first time that Twitter has been used to deliver a court order, although last December Australia's Supreme Court served documents via Facebook after repeatedly failing to serve them in person.

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