Attorney General v Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1998
Year1998
CourtDivisional Court
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11 cases
  • HM Attorney-General v MGN Ltd and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • July 29, 2011
    ...under the strict liability rule". 24 Simon Brown LJ returned to the issue in Attorney-General v Birmingham Post and Mail Limited [1999] 1 WLR 361. Again in a case involving alleged prejudice, he observed: "It seems to me necessarily to follow…that one and the same publication may well const......
  • Attorney General v Random House Group Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • July 15, 2009
    ...judge, to ensure the fairness of the Trial Judge. 20 What is meant by an impediment was considered in A-G v Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd [1999] 1 WLR 361. First it is helpful to note what the court said about the degree of prejudice that is required under s.2(2) of the Act. As summarised in......
  • Attorney General v Associated Newspapers
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • March 3, 2011
    ...of a juror, would have created a seriously arguable ground of appeal (Simon Brown LJ in Attorney General v Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd [1999] 1 WLR 361 at 370G). Simon Brown LJ endorsed the view he had expressed earlier (in Attorney General v Unger [1998] 1 Cr. App. R. 308, 318–319) that t......
  • HM Attorney General v Stephen Yaxley-Lennon
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • July 9, 2019
    ...words of Simon Brown LJ in Attorney General v Unger [1983] 1 Cr App R 308, 318–319 and Attorney General v Birmingham Post and Mail Ltd [1999] 1 WLR 361, 369–370. We do not accept this argument, which in our view is fundamentally misconceived. The creation of a seriously arguable ground of a......
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