Cases

Ashworth Hospital Authority v MGN Ltd

Case Reference [2002] UKHL 29; [2002] 1 WLR 2033; [2002] EMLR 36; [2002] 4 All ER 193
Court House of Lords
Judge Lords Slynn, Browne-Wilkinson, Woolf CJ, Nolan and Hobhouse
Date of Judgment 27 Jun 2002

Summary

Breach of Confidence- identification of journalist's source- Norwich Pharmacal order- Section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981- meaning of interests of justice exception - Article 10 and 10(2) of the ECHR.

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