The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1981] AC 303
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
ATTORNEY-GENERAL RESPONDENT AND BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION APPELLANTS
[1978 A. No. 501]
1979 March 1,
2,
5,
6;
April 11
1980 March 31;
April 1, 2, 15;
June 12
April 11
1980 March 31;
April 1, 2, 15;
June 12
Lord Denning M.R. Eveleigh L.J. and Sir Stanley Rees Viscount Dilhorne, Lord Salmon, Lord Edmund-Davies, Lord Fraser of Tullybelton and Lord Scarman
Contempt of Court
— Inferior court
— Local valuation court
— Whether “court” for purpose of protection from contempt by High Court
— Characteristics of inferior court
—
R.S.C., Ord. 52, r. 1 (2) (a) (iii)
[1]
Rating
— Local valuation court
— Status
— Whether “court” for purpose of protection from contempt