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AG v Jonathan Cape Ltd [1975] 3 All ER 484

By Oxbridge Law TeamUpdated 04/01/2024 07:14

Judgement for the case AG v Jonathan Cape Ltd

Table Of Contents

  • A publisher wanted to publish Richard Crossman’s diaries and AG sought an injunction to stop them.

Lord Widgerey CJ

  • Ruled that the court had the power to stop publication due to collective responsibility (NB: the convention is being made a legally enforceable rule) but that since the diaries pertained to cabinet meetings nine years previously, their publication wouldn’t be stopped.

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