Attorney General v Jonathan Cape Ltd

Attorney General v Jonathan Cape Ltd
CourtEngland and Wales High Court
Citation[1975] 3 All ER 484[1]
Keywords
Collective responsibility

Attorney General v Jonathan Cape Ltd [1975] 3 All ER 484 is a UK constitutional law case, concerning the rule of law.

  1. ^ "Attorney-General v Jonathan Cape Ltd: 1976". Swarb.co.uk. 1976. Retrieved 18 May 2020. The Attorney-General sought restraint on the publication of certain materials in the diary of Richard Crossman, a former cabinet minister, submitting that the protection from disclosure of Cabinet papers was based on collective responsibility. Held: The court refused the injunction.