Attorney General v MGN Ltd

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date1997
Date1997
Year1997
CourtDivisional Court
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25 cases
  • Attorney General v Associated Newspapers
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 3 March 2011
    ...course of justice is put at risk is as serious as anything could be." Nowadays it is Schieman LJ's list of principles in Attorney General v MGN Limited and Others [1997] EMLR 284, [1997] 1 All ER 456 which is most frequently cited. The fourth principle, that the risk must be substantial (2......
  • Luke Mitchell V. Her Majesty's Advocate
    • United Kingdom
    • High Court of Justiciary
    • 16 May 2008
    ...v Annan [1992 J.C. 53]. The three matters to which Schiemann L.J. referred in paragraph (10) in Attorney General v M.G.N. Limited [[1997] 1 All E.R. 456] at page 461B - the length of time since publication, the focusing effect of listening to evidence over a prolonged period and the likely ......
  • HM Attorney-General v MGN Ltd and Another
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 29 July 2011
    ...the application was approached on the basis that each publication should be looked at separately. (See Attorney-General v MGN Limited [1997] 1 All ER 456). This approach follows from the principle that where criminal allegations against more than one defendant are made the defendants cannot......
  • Attorney General v Random House Group Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division
    • 15 July 2009
    ...the two words are intended to exclude a risk that is only remote. See A-G v English [1981] 1 AC 116, 142–2. In A-G v MGN Ltd [1997] 1 All ER 456, 460, the principles governing an application for committal for contempt of court were summarised by Schiemann LJ. They are all also relevant to a......
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  • Popular Names Index to UK Cases and EU Legislation and Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Legal Research. A Practitioner's Handbook - 3rd Edition Appendices
    • 30 August 2019
    ...Directive See Merger Directive Taxation of Savings Directive See Savings Tax Directive Taylforth Cases Attorney General v MGN Ltd [1997] 1 All ER 456; [1997] EMLR 284 (Divisional Court) Attorney General v MGN [2002] EWHC 907 (QB) Technology Transfer Regulations Commission Regulation (EC) No......

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