UK journalists fear online magistrate hearings will mean ‘justice in the dark’
Update 13 April 2022: The Government has turned down a request from journalists to write specific provisions ensuring open justice…
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PA and Tortoise win year-long fight to reveal court finding that Tory MP raped wife
A family court finding that ex-Conservative MP Andrew Griffiths raped and abused his wife was made public because of a…
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Court reporter’s ‘pride’ over Tony’s Law fight winning tougher punishments for child cruelty
A press agency court reporter has spoken of her pride in working on a successful campaign to bring in tougher…
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Media wins right to name 15-year-old killer as part of ‘necessary public debate on knife crime’
A High Court judge has ruled a young killer should be named as part of “the necessary public debate on…
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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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