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Re S (A Child)

[2004] UKHL 47; [2005] 1 AC 593
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2004
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

When privacy and expression rights conflict, neither has automatic priority; the court undertakes an intense, fact-specific proportionality assessment.

Area of Law

Civil Procedure — open-justice

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