It ordered limited disclosure, but Mr. Cheney argued that the order violated his executive privilege.

The Court of Appeal ordered disclosure of the notes taken by the Auersperg children's attorney.

It was necessary for the trial judge, Mr. Justice Robert Anderson, to specifically order disclosure of:

Some unconfirmed reports said Prime Minister Wen Jiabao eventually ordered disclosure of the problem in Harbin.

In deciding whether to order disclosure a court must consider whether this outweighs the competing public interest that a party to proceedings should have access to relevant information in order to obtain legal redress.

Following Conway v. Rimmer, the courts have on a number of occasions ordered disclosure against the wishes of the Crown.

Concurrently, the British Foreign Office successfully appealed against a judge's ruling which had ordered disclosure of extracting a conversation between George W. Bush and Tony Blair days before the invasion.

But the safety agency refuses to order such disclosure, bowing to manufacturers' fears of lost sales.

Despite two court rulings ordering disclosure, Cardinal Mahony continues to claim 'confidentiality privileges' that no court has recognized.

But top safety agency officials still refuse to order explicit disclosure of the choking risk - a bow to manufacturers' fears of lost sales.