# Claim 816

The House of Lords directed that Times Newspapers Ltd. be restrained from publishing any article or matter which prejudges the issues of negligence, breach of contract or breach of duty in the pending litigation against Distillers.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

- Statement: The House of Lords directed that Times Newspapers Ltd. be restrained from publishing any article or matter which prejudges the issues of negligence, breach of contract or breach of duty in the pending litigation against Distillers.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: House of Lords injunction wording
- About: [incident 1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1972-uk-sunday-times-thalidomide-injunction)
- Source: Case of The Sunday Times v. The United Kingdom (Application no. 6538/74). https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-57584&filename=001-57584.pdf
- Publisher: European Court of Human Rights
- Method: court record
- Checked: 2026-09-26
- Confidence: high
- Status: current
- Source date: 1979-04-26

## Quotation from the source

> restrained from publishing, or causing or authorising or procuring to be published or printed, any article or matter which prejudges the issues of negligence, breach of contract or breach of duty

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