He joined in the majority in the House of Lords in 1987 in the 3:2 judgment imposing an injunction to prevent "The Guardian", "The Observer" and "The Sunday Times" newspapers publishing extracts from Peter Wright's book, "Spycatcher", saying that failing to impose an injunction would be a "charter for traitors". He also joined in decisions banning broadcasts by the Provisional Irish Republican Army and Sinn Féin and ruled in the "R v R" case that a man could be convicted of the rape of his wife (overturning a century of judicial precedent). He retired as a Law Lord in 1992 but continued to attend the Lords as a crossbencher. He remained active in Bar politics, supporting the traditional division of the legal profession in the UK and opposing the extension of rights of audience to solicitors.