A v B plc
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a-v-b-plc-214-1363417
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A v B plc
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A v. B plc is a 2003 case in English law in which a Premiership footballer sought an injunction to prevent a Sunday newspaper from publishing details of his extra-marital affair. The Court of Appeal granted a temporary injunction against publication. The case established that it is not for the press to show a public interest in publication but for the applicant to show why a free press should be overborne. Lord Woolf remarked in the case "Where an individual is a public figure he is entitled to
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2009-07-01T20:21:42Z
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2024-09-12T13:29:26Z
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