A High Court judge will rule on Friday on a legal bid to prevent the Evening Herald from using the word "metro" in the title of a giveaway newspaper planned to rival a new freesheet due to be launched shortly.

The publishers of a new giveaway newspaper will not go ahead with the launch unless they get an injunction preventing Independent News and Media from using the word ``metro'' in the title of its planned rival freesheet, the High Court was told today.