The court considered how defendants should be named in court proceedings where their identity was unknown.
Donaldson LJ
[1981] 1 WLR 848
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Levy v Levy 9-Nov-1979
The court was prepared to use the nomination ‘John Doe’ to identify an individual whose name was not known to the court. . .
Cited by:
Cited – Bloomsbury Publishing Group Ltd and J K Rowling v News Group Newspapers Ltd and others ChD 23-May-2003
The publishers had gone to great lengths to keep advance copies of a forthcoming book in the Harry Potter series secret. They became aware that some had been stolen from the printers and sought injunctions against the defendants and another unnamed . .
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Updated: 17 September 2021; Ref: scu.183365
