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R v Home Secretary ex p Simms and O’Brien | 
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| Issue:  | 
The lawfulness of the Home Secretary’s restrictions on visits to prisoners by journalists (which required an undertaking not to use the material obtained). | 
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| Court:  | 
House of Lords | 
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| Reference:    | 
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| Neutral Citation:    | 
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| Judge(s):  | 
Lords Browne-Wilkinson, Steyn, Hoffmann, Hobhouse and Millett | 
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| Date:  | 
8 July 1999 |