UK Parliamentary Archives

• Held At: Parliamentary Archives: GB-061
• Catalogue Reference: HL/PO/JU/41/202
• Accession Number: 6595
• Ref No: HL/PO/JU/41/202
• Date: Oct 1987
• Level: File
• Extent: 1 file
• Creator Name: House of Lords; Judicial Office; 1854-2009
• Acquisition: Transferred to the Parliamentary Archives in 2009 when the Judicial Office ceased to exist and all judicial activities moved to the UK Supreme Court.
• Description: Precedent file containing 'Note for the Record on "Contempt Proceedings" for the Spycatcher Appeal', a statement by J.A.Vallance White on his actions during the Appellate Committee's handling of the Appeal, and a copy of the statement made by Lord Bridge in the Chamber with regards to it. Spycatcher was an autobiographical book written by Peter Wright, a former MI5 officer, in 1987. The publication of the book was contested by the British Government and eventually banned within the UK. This file also contains a record of the Sunday Times contesting the ban in an attempt to resume serializing the book in its newspaper.
• Terms:
  • Law,
• Access Status: Closed
• Access Conditions: Most files are closed for 30 years at point of transfer. Any requests to see these files will be considered in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
• Closed Until: 01/01/2018

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