official secrets government information that cannot be revealed. The UK has a special statutory regime that protects the free flow of infor- mation within government. This is enforced by very serious penal- ties and operates as something of a major restriction on the freedom of speech and information. Very lowly officials are asked to sign dec- larations under the Acts, including ordinary postal workers. There is

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no overriding defence of public interest. See, generally, Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989.

• reply
• reporter
• representation
• reprobate
• repugnancy
• resale
• rescission
• reservation of title
• reserved matter
• reset
• res gestae
• residence order
• Resident Magistrate (RM)
• res inter alios acta nocere non debet
• res ipsa loquitur
• res merae facultatis
• resolutions of a company
• res perit domino
• respondeat superior
• respondent
• restatements
• restitutio in integrum
• restitution
• rest period
• restrictive covenant