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R (Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court

[2012] EWCA Civ 420
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2012
Statusunclear

Key Principle

Open justice generally supports disclosure of parties' names and case documents absent a compelling countervailing reason.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — open-justice

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Re S (A Child) [2004] UKHL 47; [2005] 1 AC 593
Attorney General v Leveller Magazine Ltd [1979] AC 440
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