in Camera in UK Law

  • Attorney General v Leveller Magazine Ltd
    • House of Lords
    • 01 February 1979
    ... ... On the first day, on the application of counsel for the prosecution, some of the evidence was heard in camera pursuant to section 8(4) of the Official Secrets Act 1920. On the third day, November 10th, counsel for the prosecution made an application that the ... ...
  • Hinds et Al v The Queen; and Director of Public Prosecutions v Jackson
    • Privy Council
    • 28 July 1975
    ... ... The Act also lays down the procedure to be followed in each kind of Division and, in particular, provides that all trials should be held in camera, and that for certain specified offences relating to the unauthorised possession, acquisition or disposal of firearm or ammunition, the Gun Court ... ...
  • Anton Piller KG v Manufacturing Processes Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 08 December 1975
    ... ... So we heard it in camera. It was last Tuesday. After hearing his submissions, we made the Order. We now come to give our reasons in public. But at the outset I must state the ... ...
  • Clibbery v Allan and another
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 30 January 2002
    ... ... some confusion in argument in this Court, as there has been in the past, as to the meaning given to the words 'chambers', 'private', or 'in camera'. I start with the meaning of the word 'chambers'. It is not defined in section 67 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 which states : ... ...
  • Al-Rawi & others v The Security Service & others
    • Supreme Court
    • 13 July 2011
    ... ... In Scott v Scott [1913] AC 417 , Lord Shaw of Dunfermline (p 476) criticised the decision of the lower court to hold a hearing in camera as "constituting a violation of that publicity in the administration of justice which is one of the surest guarantees of our liberties, and an attack ... ...
  • Science Research Council v Nassé ; Leyland Cars Ltd v Vyas
    • House of Lords
    • 01 November 1979
    ... ... can be done by special measures such as "covering up" substituting anonymous references for specific names, or, in rare cases, hearing in camera. 6. The procedure by which this process is to be carried out is one for tribunals to work out in a manner which will avoid ... ...
  • R v Legal Aid Board, ex parte Kaim Todner (A Firm)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 10 June 1998
    ... ... Although Scott v Scott was concerned with the power to hold hearings in camera, Attorney General v Leveller Magazine was concerned with the power to permit a witness to remain anonymous. The House of Lords in the latter case ... ...
  • R v Davis (Iain); R v Ellis; R v Gregory; R v Simms; R v Martin
    • House of Lords
    • 18 June 2008
    ... ... wide direction regarding secrecy sought by the State in the present application has far more drastic consequences for the accused than an in camera hearing with a restriction on the publication tothe public of a witness' identity. The consequences to the accused of such a wide direction are, ... ...
  • R (Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 26 February 2010
    ... ... third judgment, the Divisional Court said this about the issue now before this court on this appeal: “We heard argument in camera on the issue to which we referred in paragraph 7. The issue can be described as whether we should restore to our open judgment seven very short ... ...
  • R (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court and another (Article 19 intervening)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 03 April 2012
    ... ... Assuming that the decision of the court to hold part of the proceedings in camera constituted an interference with the applicants' right to receive and impart information as guaranteed by article 10 para 1 of the Convention, the ... ...
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