TNAG-1694-FCO40-2344-Broadcasting-in-Hong-Kong-1987 — Page 53

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confidentiality. That equally must apply to anyone who knowingly aids and abets him in his unauthorised disclosure (10). "

The Vice-Chancellor and the

ה

Court of Appeal had taken a similar view(11),

And now adopting and adapting some factors from the speech of Lord Brandon, with whom Lord Templeman agreed(12),

The action brought by the Attorney

General in Hong Kong has as its

object the protection of two

important public interests namely the preservation of confidence and of fiduciary obligations generally and the maintenance so far as possible of the secrecy of the British Security Service in particular.

The injunction in issue is

interlocutory, that is to say a

temporary injunction having effect until the trial of the action only.

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4. The Attorney General's case for

obtaining after trial a final

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(10) At p.42

(11) Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd

and The Observer Ltd & Ora "Timea" 23rd and 25th July 1987

(12) pp. 198 and 199 of the transcript