Journalists to be given more freedom to report on family court hearings as current system ‘not sustainable’
Journalists will be able to report much more detail about what they witness in England and Wales’s family courts under…
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Reporter hits out at decision to withhold court bodycam footage of attack on police from press
An agency reporter who covered the trial of an attempted murder of a police officer has criticised police for refusing…
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PA defeats ‘full-frontal attack on open justice’ in landmark win backing right to publish defendant addresses
Criminal defendants’ addresses can be published unless there are exceptional circumstances, the High Court and Court of Appeal ruled in…
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Failure of coroners to facilitate media in inquests during pandemic an ‘affront to open justice’
Journalists have slammed as “bizarre”, “frankly perplexing” and a “complete farce” rules that have banned them from following inquest hearings…
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Reporter challenges coroner over four-minute inquest into hanging death of 12-year-old boy
A news agency reporter who challenged a coroner when an inquest into the hanging of a young child was completed…
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Public funding needed to safeguard UK local court reporting, study finds
A study of court reporting in the UK has concluded public funding should be considered to safeguard the ability of…
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Journalist loses Court of Appeal fight to find out why court nearly took child away from mother
Update 25 March: Freelance journalist Melanie Newman has lost her unprecedented Court of Appeal bid to see a file of…
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Right-wing activist James Goddard handed restraining order over threats to Independent journalist
A right-wing activist has been given a restraining order for abusing a journalist at court, leaving her “looking over her…
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