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RE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REFERENCE (NO.3 OF 1999) sub nom BBC'S APPLICATION TO SET ASIDE OR VARY A REPORTING RESTRICTION ORDER sub nom RE BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (2009)

PUBLISHED June 17, 2009
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[2009] UKHL 34

An anonymity order imposed in relation to an Attorney General's reference concerning a defendant acquitted of rape was discharged, as the defendant's right to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8 was outweighed by a broadcaster's right to freedom of expression under art.10 .

HL (Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury)

17/06/2009

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