Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 1)

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CourtHouse of Lords
Judgment Date1987
Year1987
Date1987

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    • Sage Federal Law Review No. 34-3, September 2006
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    ...See, eg, Attorney-General v Times Newspaper Ltd [1974] AC 273, 315 (Lord Simon of Glaisdale); Attorney-General v The Guardian [1987] 1 WLR 1248, 1286 (Lord Bridge, dissenting); SDGMR v Dolphin delivery Ltd [1986] 2 SCR 573, 584. 149 (1991) 177 CLR 1, 29–34, 34; see at 88 (Dawson J); 103, 10......
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