The court refused to order the production in litigation of a copy of a letter written by the defendants to their agents in Persia containing confidential information from the Admiralty as to the progress of the campaign in Persia during the First World war. The document contain confidential information supplied by the Crown, and the production of which would be harmful to the public interest.
Swinfen Eady LJ said: ‘The foundation of the rule is that the information cannot be disclosed without injury to the public interests, and not that the documents are confidential or official, which alone is no reason for their non-production.’
Judges:
Swinfen Eady LJ
Citations:
[1916] 1 KB 822
Cited by:
Cited – Al Rawi and Others v The Security Service and Others SC 13-Jul-2011
The claimant pursued a civil claim for damages, alleging complicity of the respondent in his torture whilst in the custody of foreign powers. The respondent sought that certain materials be available to the court alone and not to the claimant or the . .
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Litigation Practice
Updated: 04 May 2022; Ref: scu.441884