X Ltd v Morgan-Grampian (Publishers) Ltd
1990 · [1991] 1 AC 1
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- Facts
- A journalist refused to obey a court order to disclose his source for confidential information about a company.
- Issue
- Did the journalist have to comply with the order?
- Held
- The House of Lords held that disclosure was necessary in the interests of justice and the order had to be obeyed.
- Principle
- Lord Bridge said the rests on a twin foundation: Parliament is sovereign in making law and the courts are sovereign in interpreting and applying it.
- Why it matters
- Quoted on the relationship between Parliament and the courts.
Words and Latin in this note
- Rule of law
- The principle that government must act under and within the law, that everyone is equal before it, and that power is not used arbitrarily. Dicey gave it three meanings. Open the note.
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