R v Finch (2021) [2021] EWCA Crim 377 [2021] 4 WLR 64
[Application for leave to review sentence on a defendant charged with section 1(1)(c) of the Official Secrets Act 1911, making a damaging disclosure relating to […]
Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others [2012] 1 AC 531
[disclosure of materials which may pose a threat to national security; Parliament alone could introduce a closed material procedure as envisaged by the preliminary issue […]
R v Keogh [2007] 3 All ER 789
[Sections 2(3)a and 3(4)b of the Official Secrets Act 1989, which provide the defence of a lack of knowledge as to the information, document or […]
Regina v Shayler [2003] 1 AC 247
[Defence of necessity or public interest upon disclosure not available under the Official Secrets Act 1989]
A-G v Blake (Jonathan Cape Ltd third party) [2001] 1 AC 268
[in an exceptional case where the normal remedies of damages, specific performance and injunction were inadequate compensation for a breach of contract, the court could, […]
Regina v Galvin [1987] Q.B. 862
[unlawful reception of a document, contrary to section 2(2) of the Official Secrets Act 1911; the onus was on the Crown under section 2(1)(a) of […]
Loat v Andrews [1986] ICR 679
[s 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 comprehensively prohibited the disclosure of secret and confidential information obtained as a result of the position held […]
R v Bingham[1973] QB 870; [1973] 2 All ER 89
[section 7 of the Official Secrets Act 19201 by doing an act preparatory to the commission of an offence under section 1 of the Official […]
R v Britten [1969] 1 All ER 517
[Official Secrets Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo 5 c 28), s 1(1) (c); Official Secrets Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo 5 c 75), […]
Adler v George [1964] 2 QB 7
[“in or in the vicinity of” under Official Secrets Act 1920, s. 3]
Chandler and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions [1964] A.C. 763
[section 1 (1) of the Official Secrets Act 1911 could not be limited to espionage but embraced also acts of sabotage; if a person’s direct […]
R v Blake [1962] 2 QB 377
[Spying; Official Secrets Act, 1911; s. 1 (1) (c); sentencing]
R v Oakes [1959] 2 QB 350; [1959] 2 All ER 92
[an act preparatory to the commission of an offence against section 1 (1) (c) of the Official Secrets Act, 1911, contrary to section 7 of […]
Lewis v Cattle [1938] 2 All ER 368
[Whether a police officer is a “person holding office under His Majesty” within the meaning of s 2(1) of the Official Secrets Act 1911]
The King v Michael O’Kelly Simington [1921] 1 K.B. 451
[proper construction of Official Secrets Act, 1911 s. 2 (1) (b); clause the words “which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or […]
R v Crisp and Homewood (1919) 83 JP 121
[It was not necessary to show that the documents had been entrusted specially in confidence to the defendant, but it was sufficient if it was […]