Sub Judice Contempt in UK Law

  • Attorney General v Times Newspapers Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 16 Febrero 1973
    ... ... complaint to the Attorney - General suggesting that it was a contempt of Court. On 27th September, 1972, the Attorney - General asked the Sunday ... It is desirable that the convention of Parliament as to matters sub judice should, so far as possible, be the same as the law administered in the ... ...
  • Wallersteiner v Moir
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 21 Mayo 1974
    ... ... report of proceedings in chambers without thereby being guilty of contempt of Court, see Scott v. Scott (1915) A.C. 417 ... But section 12 of the ... 53 4 THE SUB JUDICE POINT ... 54 Once having issued a writ for libel against Mr. Moir, Dr ... ...
  • Goldsmith v Sperrings Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 23 Febrero 1977
    ... ... He applied to have the principals of "Private Eye" committed for contempt of court. His application was dismissed with costs by the Divisional ... in which the issues raised will come under the umbrella of the sub judice rule and does so for the sole purpose of removing those issues from the ... ...
  • Schering Chemicals Ltd v Falkman Ltd
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 27 Enero 1981
    ... ... On the ground that it would be a contempt of court or a breach of confidence. The question for the court is: Should ... 32 "At Thames, we have no anxiety at all about the issue of sub judice…I have taken particular care to relegate the issue of liability to a ... ...
  • Pickin v British Railways Board
    • House of Lords
    • 30 Enero 1974
    ... ... East, 1152 : "they [the Houses] would sink into utter contempt and inefficiency without [them]." ... 79 ... the privileges of the other—Parliament, for example, by its sub judice rule, the courts by taking care to exclude evidence which might amount to ... ...
  • R v Chaytor and Others
    • Supreme Court
    • 01 Diciembre 2010
    ... ... made a statement to the House about the application of the sub judice rule in relation to the prosecutions of the three defendants, in the ... It has limited penal powers to treat criminal conduct as contempt. These once included imprisonment for a limited period. As to this Lord ... ...
  • Morris v Reynolds
    • Exchequer
    • 01 Enero 1688
    ... ... the Court held that the non-performance, while the matter was sub judice, was no contempt. Then the plaintiff moved for his costs, and that was ... ...
  • Re F. (orse. A.) (A Minor) (Publication of Information)
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 14 Octubre 1976
    ... ... He held that both had been guilty of a contempt of court. He said that under Section 12 (1)(a) of the Administration of ... ...
  • Clayton's Case
    • Court of the King's Bench
    • 01 Enero 1616
    ... ... Eegum Anglian, et jam hide, siquis ali-quem in jus vocaret coram Judice Ecclesi-astico ultra regnum ulla cle re, cujus cognitionem legitimam ilia ... , which was by the Pope's bull in possession : for which his high contempt against the King, his Crown and dignity, in refusing to execute his ... ...
  • Kemp and Others, Petitioners
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 15 Enero 1982
    ... ... 7. KEMP AND OTHERS PETITIONERS Contempt of court—Cases sub judice—Newspaper reports during course of terrorist ... ...
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