Attorney General v Jonathan Cape Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Date1975
Year1975
CourtQueen's Bench Division

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    ...(1813) 170 ER 1402;CfIn re JosephHargreaves Ltd [1900] 1Ch 347; Coonan vRichardson (1947) QWN19.77 Attorney-General vJohnathon Cape Ltd (1976) 1QB752, 767; in relation to use of abreachofan oath in disciplinary proceedings see Ontario Law Refonn Commission:Report on Political Activity, Publ......
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    ...(Lord Goddard CJ); Smith v. Leech Brain and Co. Ltd[1962] 2 Q.B. 405 (Q.B.D.) (Lord Parker CJ); Attorney General v. Jonathan Cape Ltd[1976] Q.B. 752 (Q.B.D.) (Lord Widgery CJ).26 One of the earlier attempts to review issues arising from membership of what is nowthe European Union was heard ......
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    ...9 June 2020. 40 While courts may look to conventions to interpret the meaning of law (see e.g. Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd [1976] QB 752) using conventions to illuminate the meaning of statutes (which are legal irrespective of the convention’s existence) falls far short of the cour......
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