A-G v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2)

A-G v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2)
Court House of Lords
Citation(s) [1990] 1 AC 109
Keywords
Trusts

Attorney General v Guardian Newspapers Ltd (No 2) [1990] 1 AC 109 is a UK copyright law and English trusts law case, concerning the confidentiality, profits and copyrights. It established that there can be an injunction and an award of monetary compensation or an account of profits.

Judgment

Lord Goff stated that ‘the copyright in the book, including the film rights, are held by him on constructive trust for the confider’.[1]

See also

Notes

  1. [1990] 1 AC 109, 288

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