The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[1987] QB 1
[COURT OF APPEAL]
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
v.
NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LTD.
1986 April 16,
17;
30
Sir John Donaldson M.R., Parker L.J. and Sir George Waller
Contempt of Court
— Pending proceedings
— “Strict liability rule”
— Newspaper intending to publish article covering same ground as earlier articles in different newspaper
— Earlier articles subject of libel actions
— Trial not due to take place for 10 months
— Whether “substantial risk” of serious prejudice to course of justice
—
Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49), s. 2(2)(3)[1]