During the bidding process for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games the organising committee had to give an undertaking that legislation would be adopted to prevent ambush marketing. The obligation in the Host City Contract is that "no persons conduct any marketing, advertising or promotional campaigns in the Host Country which imply any approval, affiliation, connection or sponsorship of or with the Games, Games Intellectual Property Rights or any Games Team, or the year of the Games which are not expressly authorised by the CGF Executive Board or any other party authorised to grant such rights."

The decision to start military action in Iraq remains controversial and, in particular, whether that action was lawful or not. This legality has been widely debated by international lawyers, but what seems so irresistible to the public is the legal advice provided to the cabinet by the Attorney-General. In fact, he provided two written opinions on the matter, the initial advice was circumspect and included caveats and reservations whereas the second opinion, it is thought, firmly took the view that such action was lawful. Following a partial leak, the government published the initial advice in full, but the subsequent advice remains secret.