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LNB News: Lawyer fined £5,000 for disclosing confidential Heathrow runway judgment

12 May 2021
Categories: Legal News , Contempt , Procedure & practice , Environment
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Environmental lawyer, Tim Crosland, has been given a £5,000 fine by the Supreme Court after it was alleged by the Attorney General, Michael Ellis QC, that Crosland disclosed a confidential Supreme Court decision to the news wire Press Association, in breach of an embargo, prior to the judgment being handed down.

Lexis®Library update: The judgment that Crosland was found to have disclosed related to the legality of the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The Supreme Court found that Crosland was in contempt of court by deliberately disclosing the result.

Source: Decision in the proceedings for Contempt: Mr Tim Crosland

This content was first published by LNB News / Lexis®Library, a LexisNexis® company, on 11 May 2021 and is published with permission. Further information can be found at: www.lexisnexis.co.uk.

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