Judge informs Attorney General of Channel 4 News report that nearly collapsed trial of child abuser
An eight-week trial against one of the Britain's most prolific child abusers nearly collapsed at the 11th hour after Channel…
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Attorney General backs down on plan to censor news archives to avoid contempt risk
Attorney General Dominic Grieve (pictured: Reuters) has today withdrawn clauses in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill that would have…
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‘My Lord, there’s been a tweet’: How Twitter, Lily Allen, Private Eye and GQ threatened to disrupt the hacking trial
Peter Jukes,who covered the whole eight-month-long hacking trial on Twitter, has revealed how tweets thought to be prejudicial were brought…
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The Attorney General Dominic Grieve has ruled out contempt of court proceedings against Private Eye over its controversial front cover…
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Attorney General warns journalists against implying guilt of Woolwich terror suspects or revealing past wrongdoing
The Attorney General has warned the media about the contempt of court risks after the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby…
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The Times ‘narrowly’ avoids contempt ruling over story revealing murder suspect’s previous killing
The High Court has ruled that a decision by The Times to publish details of a murder suspect’s previous murder…
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Dominic Grieve: Legislation needed to implement Leveson plans on arrest anonymity
Attorney General Dominic Grieve has told MPs new legislation will be needed to implement Leveson’s controversial proposal that those arrested,…
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Contempt: Judges could get new powers to force removal of archive stories
Crown Court judges could be given the power to order newspaper publishers and other operators of online archives to block…
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