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(1) JON VENABLES (2) ROBERT THOMPSON V (1) NEWS GROUP NEWSPAPERS LTD (2) ASSOCIATED NEWSPAPERS LTD (3) MGN LTD (2001)

PUBLISHED January 8, 2001
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The provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights and the law of confidence, could be extended, in exceptional cases, to protect individuals who were seriously at risk of injury or death if their identity or whereabouts became public knowledge, and the court had jurisdiction to grant injunctions to ensure their protection.

Fam Div (Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss (President))

08/01/2001

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