The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1985] AC 339
[HOUSE OF LORDS]
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR DEFENCE AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS AND GUARDIAN NEWSPAPERS LTD. APPELLANTS
1984 July 23,
24;
Oct. 25
Oct. 25
Lord Diplock, Lord Fraser of Tullybelton, Lord Scarman, Lord Roskill and Lord Bridge of Harwich
Contempt of Court
— Sources of information
— Disclosure
— Secret Crown document
— Copy sent to newspaper
— Possibility of identification of sender from markings on copy
— Newspaper seeking to protect source of information
— Whether Crown entitled to immediate return of copy
— Whether return of document in “interests of justice or national security”
—
Contempt of Court Act 1981 (c. 49), s. 10
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