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this basis seems to me very arguable indeed. No possible ground exists for deciding this point against the Plaintiff without a trial which, in substance, is what the trial judge

has done.

allowed.

I therefore agree that, this appeal should be

Jones, J.:

(D.S. Hunter) Justice of Appeal

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This is an appeal by the Attorney General of the United Kingdom against an order made by Barnett, J. 24th August 1987 which discharged the injunction granted by Bewley, J. the 1st August 1987 that restrained the defendants from publishing extracts from the book "Spycatcher" by Mr. Peter Wright a former member of the British Security Service..

This led

On the 22nd July the South China Morning Post announced its intention to publish extracts from "Spycatcher" and the first instalment was published in the South China Sunday Morning Post on the 26th July. to the application by the Attorney General for an injunction. The injunction granted by Bewley, J. is in the following terms-

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