Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 3)

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date20 February 1992
Date20 February 1992
CourtQueen's Bench Division
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    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • December 4, 2006
    ... ... If that is so for journalists, or for scandal mongers in general, it is a matter for consideration whether, and to what extent, a ... that they call for the most careful scrutiny": Observer Ltd and Guardian Newspapers Ltd v United Kingdom (1991) 14 EHRR 153 at [60]. So too in ... ...
  • Attorney General v Random House Group Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • July 15, 2009
    ...publication (see A-G v English [1982] 2 All ER 903 at 918, [1983] 1 AC 116 at 141 per Lord Diplock and A-G v Guardian Newspapers Ltd… [1992] 3 All ER 38 at 48–49, [1992] 1 WLR 874 at 885); nevertheless, the mere fact that, by reason of earlier publications, there is already some risk of ......
  • R v Sherwood ex parte The Telegraph Group Plc and Others
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
    • May 3, 2001
    ...readers and viewers about issues of public interest including the administration of justice: see also Att.-Gen. v. Guardian (No. 3) [1992] 1 W.L.R. 874, 886 ( per Brooke J) and McCartan Turkington Breen v. Times Newspapers Ltd. [2000] 4 All E.R. 913, 927–8 (Lord Steyn) . It would not be rig......
  • HM Attorney General v Stephen Yaxley-Lennon
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • July 9, 2019
    ...s 4(2) order: see [1982] 1 QB 798B-C (Shaw LJ), 805B-E, 806E-F (Ackner LJ). See also the obiter remarks of Brooke LJ in Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 3) [1992] 1 WLR 874, 884H–885A, which are to the same effect. We agree with the conclusion of the editors of Arlidge, Eady ......
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  • Contempt Proceedings Permitted Against The Sun And Daily Mirror
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq United Kingdom
    • May 17, 2011
    ...behind the legislation is deterrence (Att.-Gen. v. English [1983] A.C. 116 at141, HL; Att.-Gen. v. Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No.3) [1992] 1 W.L.R. 874, DC). However an action brought in this circumstance raises major issues pursuant to Article 10 of the ECHR. The newspapers can surely argue ......
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