High Court ruling on Cavendish spy book

Title

High Court ruling on Cavendish spy book

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Jan 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:20

Description

Linda Duffin reports on the decision of The Observer and the Sunday Times to go ahead today with the publication of the latest controversial spy memoirs, Inside Intelligence, by former MI6 officer, Anthony Cavendish, after the ruling by Mr Justice Kennedy (aka Ian Kennedy), High Court judge to relax the injunction. The case could be seen as a defeat for the UK Government following on from the Spycatcher affair. Interviews with editors, Donald Trelford and Brian MacArthur.

Contributors

Donald Trelford; Linda Duffin; Ian Kennedy; Brian MacArthur

Keywords

Books; Newspapers; Sunday Times; Freedom of the press; Espionage; Autobiographies; State security; Legal decisions; Intelligence service; High courts; Injunctions; The Observer; Anthony Cavendish; Inside Intelligence

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