Reporter wins court fight to name man who assaulted special needs boy
Restriction would have prevented weekly from running story
Media Law
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Reporter wins fight to name school after teacher jailed over sex with pupil
Judge agrees with daily journalist’s public interest argument
Law column: Supreme Court reaffirms Open Justice principle
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Editors boss blasts minister’s anonymity call for ‘rich and powerful’
Justice Secretary backs secrecy for those with “reputation to protect”
Regional news titles win seven-month fight to name schoolgirl’s teen killer
Website and newspaper win bid to name 17-year-old rapist and murderer
Court staff cutbacks causing reporters to miss cases, says editor
Lack of information leaving papers “little choice but to rely on press releases”
Law Column: Always respect confidentiality – and check who you are sending your email to
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Editors call for improvement in way magistrates’ court staff deal with press
Hopes for progress at courts which have “less media contact”
Law Column: Headlines in context
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Daily wins court fight to reveal murderer taught in local school
Story picked up nationally and in killer’s native Spain
McNae’s editor calls for LDR scheme to be extended to courts
BBC considering ways to expand service
Law column: The most hotly anticipated finale since Game of Thrones
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Reporter names knifeman whose case court clerk tried to stop him covering
Journalist’s fight to overturn order marks end of long-running saga
Law column: To infer or not to infer?
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Daily defeats police and council bids to stop video of killer appearing on website
Judge rules harm to convict’s children “does not arise from accurate, reliable reporting”
Law column: In the public interest – or just interesting to the public?
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