THE SUNDAY TIMES v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (No. 1) View

Notes

Date	26/04/1979
AppNr	6538/74
Body	Court (Plenary)
Type	Judgment (Merits)
Articles	10; 14+10; 18
Violated / NonViolated	101014
Citations	235-15-35-45-56-16-3-b6-3-c6-3-d8910111314P1-1P1-335-15-466-16-26-3-b810111314P1-1P1-2

Conclusions:

Just satisfaction reserved
No violation of Art. 14+10
Not necessary to examine Art. 18
Violation of Art. 10

Keywords:

(art. 10-1) freedom of expression
(art. 10-2) interference
(art. 10-2) necessary in a democratic society
(art. 10-2) prescribed by law
(art. 10-2) protection of the rights of others
(art. 14) discrimination

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Plenary)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits)
Published in	A30
Language	ENGLISH;FRENCH;RUSSIAN;SLOVENIAN
Application Number	6538/74
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	the United Kingdom
Referred by	Commission
Date of Reference	15/07/1977
Date of Judgment	26/04/1979
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 10 ; No violation of Art. 14+10 ; Not necessary to examine Art. 18 ; Just satisfaction reserved
Articles	10 ; 14+10 ; 18
Separate Opinions	Yes
Strasbourg Case Law	Ireland v. United Kingdom judgment of 18 January 1978, Series A no. 25, p. 63, para. 157 ; Handyside judgment of 7 December 1976, Series A no. 24, pp. 21, 22, 23, 22-24, paras. 43, 47, 48, 49, 50 ; Wemhoff judgment of 27 June 1968, Series A no. 7, p. 23, para. 8 ; König judgment of 28 June 1978, Series A no. 27, pp. 16, 22, 23-24, 29-30, 33-40, para. 88 ; Golder judgment of 21 February 1975, Series A no. 18, p. 17, para. 34 ; Neumeister judgment of 27 June 1968, Series A no. 8, pp. 9-15, 38-40 ; Stögmüller judgment of 10 November 1969, Series A no. 9, pp. 11-24, 39, 43-44 ; Ringeisen judgment of 16 July 1971, Series A no. 13, pp. 24-34, 40, 42-44, para. 97 ; Belgian linguistic case judgment of 9 February 1967, Series A no. 5, p. 19 ; Belgian Linguistic case judgment of 23 July 1968, Series A no. 6, pp. 34-35, para. 10 ; National Union of Belgian Police judgment of 27 October 1975, Series A no. 19, p. 19, para. 44 ; Kjeldsen, Busk Madsen and Pedersen judgment of 7 December 1976, Series A no. 23, p. 26, para. 52 ; Klass and Others judgment of 6 September 1978, Series A no. 28, p. 21, para. 42
External Sources	Report of the Committee on Contempt of Court ("Phillimore report") ; Green paper (March 1978) ; Report of the Interdepartmental Committee on the Law of Contempt as it affects Tribunals of Inquiry, para. 26 ; Vine Products Ltd. v. Green (1966) ; Hunt v. Clarke (1889) ; Halsbury's Laws of England (vol. 8, pp. 7 et seq. paras. 11-13) ; Vienna Convention of 23 May 1969 on the Law of Treaties, Article 33 para. 4
Keywords	"(Art. 10-1) FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" "(Art. 10-2) INTERFERENCE" "(Art. 10-2) NECESSARY IN A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY" "(Art. 10-2) PRESCRIBED BY LAW" "(Art. 10-2) PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS" "(Art. 14) DISCRIMINATION"

Application Documents 2

	18 THE SUNDAY TIMES v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (ARTICLE 50) Court (Plenary) Judgment (Just Satisfaction)	06/11/1980
	4 TIMES NEWSPAPER Ltd, THE SUNDAY TIMES, EVANS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM Commission (Plenary) Decision	21/03/1975

References 11

	234 KLASS AND OTHERS v. GERMANY 8, 13, 6 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	06/09/1978
	125 KÖNIG v. GERMANY 6-1 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	28/06/1978
	924 IRELAND v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 3, 5, 14 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	18/01/1978
	277 HANDYSIDE v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 10, P1-1, 14, 18 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	07/12/1976
	90 KJELDSEN, BUSK MADSEN AND PEDERSEN v. DENMARK P1-2, 14, 8, 9 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	07/12/1976
	45 NATIONAL UNION OF BELGIAN POLICE v. BELGIUM 11, 14 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits)	27/10/1975
	411 GOLDER v. THE UNITED KINGDOM 6-1, 8 Court (Plenary) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	21/02/1975
	195 RINGEISEN v. AUSTRIA (MERITS) 5-3, 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	16/07/1971
	54 STÖGMÜLLER v. AUSTRIA 5-3 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	10/11/1969
	219 NEUMEISTER v. AUSTRIA 5-3 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	27/06/1968
	214 WEMHOFF v. GERMANY 5-3, 6-1 Court (Chamber) Judgment (Merits)	27/06/1968

Citations Breakdown

1–10 of 124

Citations 124

	ASSOCIATION LES TEMOINS DE JEHOVAH v. FRANCE 9 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits)	30/06/2011
	KANIA AND KITTEL v. POLAND 10 Court (Fourth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	21/06/2011
	DIMITROV-KAZAKOV v. BULGARIA 8, 13 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/02/2011
	SANOMA UITGEVERS B.V. v. THE NETHERLANDS 10 Court (Grand Chamber) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	14/09/2010
	SCHWIZGEBEL v. SWITZERLAND 14, 8 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	10/06/2010
	DUMITRU v. ROMANIA 6-1, 10, P1-1 Court (Third Section) Judgment (Merits)	01/06/2010
	10 TEBIETI MUHAFIZE CEMIYYETI AND ISRAFILOV v. AZERBAIJAN 11 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	08/10/2009
	4 HERRI BATASUNA AND BATASUNA v. SPAIN 11 Court (Fifth Section) Judgment (Merits)	30/06/2009
	ZHELYAZKOV c. BULGARIE Court (Fifth Section) Decision (Partial)	12/05/2009
	9 GLOR v. SWITZERLAND 8, 14 Court (First Section) Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)	30/04/2009

Similar documents

The list is not generated automatically, click Generate to proceed. Wait until the list appears, it may take several seconds.

Generate Similary List