“The father of Stephen Lawrence renewed his criticisms of the criminal justice system today after it emerged that the Spectator magazine faces a maximum £5,000 fine over an article written by Rod Liddle that jeopardised the trial of two of the black teenager’s racist killers.”
The Independent, 9th May 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Television cameras were yesterday allowed to record the sentencing of David Gilroy in the High Court in Edinburgh. This is the first time that sentencing in a UK court has been filmed for broadcast the same day – normally proceedings in Scotland are only occasionally filmed for documentaries to be broadcast weeks or months later and are heavily edited by lawyers involved in the case. Filming in most English courts has been banned since 1925.”
Legal Week, 19th April 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“The BBC, ITN and Sky have joined forces in an unprecedented letter to David Cameron and the other main party leaders calling for the ban on cameras in courtrooms to be lifted.”
The Guardian, 6th February 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The judge in Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp’s tax trial has banned the use of Twitter in court after a breach of reporting restrictions.”
Legal Week, 24th January 2012
Source: www.legalweek.com
“At last the courts move into the 21st century! Yesterday, the Lord Chief Justice (LCJ) announced that tweeting from court could be carried out by journalists and legal commentators without them seeking advanced permission. Otherwise judges will decide who can and can’t tweet from a courtroom.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 15th December 2011
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“Despite uncertainty over who’s a legal commentator or journalist and who isn’t, Lord Judge’s guidance shouldn’t lead to problems.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Journalists no longer have to make an application to tweet, text or email from courts in England and Wales following new guidance issued by the lord chief justice, Lord Judge.”
The Guardian, 14th December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Courts must allow the media an opportunity to challenge any discretionary reporting restrictions they place on a criminal hearing following changes to court rules for England and Wales.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th October 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A joint publication of The President of the Family Division, the Judicial College and the Society of Editors.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 29th July 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“The arrest of Christopher Jefferies on 30 December automatically obliged the media to restrict reporting of legal proceedings against the retired Bristol schoolteacher.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Live coverage of the trial of alleged Serbian war criminal Ratko Mladic at the Hague makes compelling viewing, but it also serves as a reminder to British broadcasters that they are, for the most, barred from pointing a camera at court proceedings in their own country.”
The Guardian, 6th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The head of the Crown Prosecution Service has said he would like to see TV cameras allowed into court rooms ‘in principal’ and that the idea could be implemented quickly if it was approved by the government.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“During the row over privacy injunctions, critics have emphasised that it is near impossible to stop people revealing information on Twitter. But what if people use it to name victims in rape cases or reveal information from court that could see trials abandoned?”
BBC News, 25th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“In allowing the media to report that Gary Dobson and David Norris will stand trial at the Old Bailey in November for the murder in 1993 of Stephen Lawrence, the court of appeal has recognised the public interest in open justice.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The first injunction specifically banning the publication of information on Facebook and Twitter was issued yesterday amid growing fears about the culture of secrecy in courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A legal attempt to sterilise a 21-year-old mother with ‘significant learning difficulties’ to prevent further pregnancies has been withdrawn.”
BBC News, 20th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Fresh fears have been raised about secrecy in court cases after a judge banned journalists approaching 65 different people in a new gagging order.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Act of Parliament that created the Court of Protection was pushed through in a hurry, amid an outcry from dozens of MPs, as the government tried to get its outstanding business completed in time for the 2005 general election.”
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The Independent, 1st March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Guardian and other news organisations have won a court ruling that could open up the care system for people with learning difficulties to public scrutiny.”
The Guardian, 28th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
JIH v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 42; [2011] WLR (D) 27
“Where a claimant applied for an injunction restraining publication of private information and sought reporting restrictions, in balancing the rights of the individual to confidentiality against the public interest in freedom of expression, generally the court would either direct that the claimant’s name be anonymised but disclosure of the nature of the information was permitted, or direct that the claimant could be named but the nature of the information was not to be identified.”
WLR Daily, 1st February 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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