Cases

Goodwin v United Kingdom

Facts

The applicant, a trainee journalist with The Engineer magazine, received information regarding the financial status of a company. The information was given by telehone from a source who wished to remain anonymous and appeared to come from a confidential corporate plan, one copy of which had gone missing. The company obtained orders preventing the applicant from disclosing the confidential information and for delivery up and, under s 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981, an order compelling the applicant to divulge the identity of his source. The applicant appealed unsuccessfully to the Court of Appeal and House of Lords. He refused to disclose his source and was fined £5,000 for contempt. He complained of a violation of Article 10 of the Convention.

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