Social media ‘relatively minor’ threat to criminal justice system, evidence to Government shows
The Government has established a new working relationship with Facebook, Google and Twitter over posts that risk contempt of court,…
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Scottish Daily Record fined £80,000 for contempt over two stories including one showing ‘dramatic’ arrest pic with ‘GOT HIM’ caption
The Scottish Daily Record has been fined a total of £80,000 for what a senior judge described as two serious…
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Leeds Live court reporter faced torrent of online abuse over coverage of EDL founder Tommy Robinson’s contempt case
Since breaking the story of English Defence League founder Tommy Robinson’s imprisonment for contempt yesterday, a regional court reporter has…
By Independent and Leeds Live win legal challenge to report EDL founder Tommy Robinson’s jailing for contempt after video live stream
Journalists have won a legal challenge to report on the arrest and subsequent jailing of English Defence League founder “Tommy…
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Why Sun’s ‘I killed them’ front page on alleged EastEnders actress killer was safe under Contempt of Court
I think most people would agree that The Sun’s front page story about the arrest of Arthur Simpson-Kent for an…
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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Attorney General Dominic Grieve (pictured: Reuters) has today withdrawn clauses in the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill that would have…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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