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Pwr v Director of Public Prosecutions

[2022] UKSC 2
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2022
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The Supreme Court held that a private prosecution brought by a media organisation may be stayed as an abuse of process where it is used as a device to obtain journalistic material or advance a collateral purpose rather than to achieve justice.

Area of Law

procedure, evidence

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