Why UK’s contempt of court laws need reform for digital age
Disorder after the Southport stabbings last summer has been called an "indirect result of contempt of court laws".
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Southport knife attack misinformation due to police PR secrecy say crime journalists
College of Policing has written to Attorney General seeking changes to PR policies.
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UK media facing ‘extreme legal hurdles’, top lawyer warns
Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC praises recent investigations by the FT, Sunday Times and Evening Standard.
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Secret arrests could mean publishers don’t know they are in contempt of court
Law Commission considers moving point at which criminal proceedings are 'active' to charge rather than arrest.
By New Yorker defies contempt risk to publish Lucy Letby story in UK print edition
The case may set up a showdown between England's justice system and the magazine.
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New Yorker latest to be faced with ‘incredibly complex’ task of reporting Lucy Letby case
Witnesses in the case were unusually given anonymity without reasons of national security or a risk to life.
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Russell Brand investigation: Why Met Police issued statement to media despite privacy rules
Met Police statement clearly refers to Russell Brand but does not name him.
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Attorney General makes Russell Brand contempt warning despite no active proceedings
Russell Brand has not been arrested, nor is any criminal investigation currently taking place.
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