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Att.-Gen. v Leveller Magazine Ltd

[1979] A.C. 440
JurisdictionHong Kong
Year1979
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Purpose of contempt law — protect administration of justice, not judicial dignity

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — O.52 committal

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