Cases

HRH The Prince of Wales v Associated Newspapers Ltd

Facts

D published extracts from a journal written by C about his official visit to Hong Kong in 1997. C complained of breach of confidence and copyright, and applied for summary judgment. As part of C's evidence in support of the application, a list of names of the people to whom the Hong Kong journal had been sent was exhibited (the Recipient List). A schedule to the Particulars of Claim listed the dates and titles of a number of other journals which D had obtained (the Journal List) D had already given a contractual undertaking to C that it would not disclose the Journal List except for the purposes of the proceedings or to the extent that it entered the public domain and D offered a similar undertaking in respect of the Recipient List. At the directions hearing, C applied for an order under CPR 31.22 restraining the publication or disclosure of the information in both Lists even though both had been read by the court and referred to.

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