Amy Winehouse has fought back against paparazzi photographers keen to record every aspect of her troubled private life, winning a high court anti-harassment injunction and posting the ruling outside her new home in the London suburbs.

Winehouse, who has been a  presence in the tabloids ever since her Mercury-nominated album Frank was released six years ago, secured the injunction to prevent her being pursued by photographers after her move earlier this year from her central London home to a more sedate neighbourhood.

The order bans leading paparazzi agency Big Pictures from following Winehouse but also refers to any "persons unknown" seeking to photograph the musician outside her home and in other public places if they have pursued her.

This means that any photographers could face prosecution if they follow Winehouse by any means or approach her within 100 metres of her new home, which is near where she lived as a child.

All photographers are also forbidden from taking pictures of her in her home or the home of any members of her family or friends according to the order, which cites the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

The injunction reflects a growing vogue for celebrities to target paparazzi themselves rather than the newspapers that purchase their photographs.