File 1 - Observer special report on the Fayeds

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File contains correspondence and press cuttings relating to the leaked report of the Department of Trade and Industry into the takeover of the House of Fraser by the Fayed brothers which included a chapter on the Observer's coverage of the Fayed controversy. It also includes internal documents and court records relating to the Observer's mid-week special edition 'Exposed: the Phoney Pharaoh' on 30 March 1989 about the leaked report and allegations against the Fayed's.

Subjects covered: readers' and organisations' reaction to the Observer's publication of a special mid-week edition which consequently had an injuction imposed on it, Trelford's responses to articles about the report in other publications, allegations that the Observer compromised its editorial independence in the coverage of the Fayed case, internal memos regarding the decision to publish the leaked DTI report, Alan Rusbridger's review of the special issue on 'What the papers say', press cuttings, background material on the Fayed's, charges of contempt laid in relation to the publication of the Observer's special edition of 30th March 1989, the case Regina and the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry against Lonrho Plc and in the matter of contempt of the House of Lords.

Also includes: a statement concerning the involvement of the Observer circulation department in the publication of the special report by Lee Simpson, a photocopy of the actual special report from 30 March 1989, original and copy of the Observer from 2 April 1989, first and second affidavit of Donald Trelford, draft copy of an article by Steven A Martindale titled The Swami of Irangate', an article entitled 'A trade union in chains: Scargill unbound - the legal constraints of receivership and sequestration' by Gavin Lightman.

Creator: The Observer Limited; Editor's Office; Donald Trelford

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