Attorney-General for the United Kingdom v Wellington Newspapers Ltd (No 2) - [1988] 1 NZLR 180

Practice and procedure — Leave to appeal to Privy Council — Discretionary leave — Court of Appeal dismissed claim by British Government for account of profits and damages in respect of publication by newspaper of extracts from the book Spycatcher written by the former member of British Security Service — British Government sought leave to appeal to Privy Council — Whether issues were of great general or public importance — Whether leave should be granted — Privy Council (Judicial Committee) Rules Notice 1973, r 2.