Source
Case of The Sunday Times v. The United Kingdom (Application no. 6538/74)
European Court of Human Rights, 1979-04-26
- Address
- https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf?library=ECHR&id=001-57584&filename=001-57584.pdf
- Kind
- court record
- Last checked
- 2026-09-26
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Cited by
- United Kingdom court bars The Sunday Times from publishing an article on thalidomide
- Claim 815: On November 17, 1972, the Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division granted the Attorney General's application for an injunction restraining The Sunday Times from publishing its article, on the ground that publication would constitute contempt of court.
- 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.
- Claim 817: Four days after the injunction against Times Newspapers Ltd. was discharged on June 23, 1976, The Sunday Times published the article it had been prevented from printing since 1972.
- Claim 818: The injunction against Times Newspapers Ltd. was discharged on June 23, 1976, after which the delayed article was published.
- Claim 819: The European Court of Human Rights held by eleven votes to nine that there had been a breach of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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