HM Attorney-General v (1)Punch Ltd (2)James Steen

Where a court ordered that specified material was not to be published, a third party who with knowledge of the order published the specified material would only commit a contempt of court if the third party thereby knowingly defeated the purpose for which the order was made. References: ILR 30/3/2001: [2001]2 All ER 655: [2001]1 WLR 2111: [2001]QB 1028.