Media law is ever changing and this index will strive to keep you abreast of developments in this complex and important area of journalism.
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The Evening Chronicle’s acting editor has been summoned to court by a judge who claims the paper is in contempt of court. The judge labelled the Newcastle paper’s page one splash – 12-year-old mum’s sex case ordeal – the most
A Midlands newspaper has been prevented from naming a 12-year-old girl who was electronically tagged by the courts and handed a strict curfew. The Derby Evening Telegraph failed to persuade magistrates to allow the naming of the girl responsible for
Page 2 of 2 He said: “Section 39 comes from the basis that an editor has freedom topublish, apart from exceptions which the court can lay down. “If there is someone with their nose around the lace curtains every day
A court has backed the right of the press to report a Crown Court. Publication in the Gloucestershire papers came despite a bid by defence lawyers to ban publication, under the Contempt of Court Act, of a report of a
A day-long law seminar by Walter Greenwood and Stuart Patrick is to be hosted by the National Council for the Training of Journalists in November. The event is aimed at editors and newspaper executives and will cover libel, contempt of
Legal moves are being launched by the Hull Daily Mail to overturn a ban on identifying a youngster who has been made the subject of an anti-social behaviour order. Magistrates imposed the restriction because the youngster is also facing separate
Three reporters in Exeter teamed up to persuade magistrates not to go into secret session to hear a case against a man arrested in connection with a major drugs inquiry. The defendant had been picked up by armed police in
Magistrates in Nottinghamshire are to receive revised guidance notes following the publication of the report on reporting restrictions. At a meeting with newspaper and broadcast editors, the clerk to the justices, Graham Hooper, agreed the new report substantially superseded previous
Page 2 of 2 “Had we been legalling this and seen the copy we might have said it would be unwise to publish the dates when he was excluded and started the new school. “Equally, it is possible we might
Page 1 of 2 The editors convicted of breaking a ban on identifying a child expelled from school are considering an appeal. Simon Bradshaw, of the Evening Argus, and David Briffett, of the West Sussex County Times, were each fined
The law surrounding publicity and children involved in legal proceedings is to be examined at a legal seminar later this month. Coram Chambers is organising the event, which will host a critical examination of the law relating to children involved
New guidelines on reporting restrictions in magistrates’ courts are about to be issued to courts and editors. They are being sent out by the Society of Editors after the success of a similar document last year covering the crown courts.
Magistrates and their clerks are being sent advice on when they should apply reporting restrictions, thanks to an initiative from the Society of Editors. It follows a move last year when similar documents were sent to crown court judges. The
Page 1 of 2 Two Sussex newspaper editors have won a landmark test case about reporting court hearings involving children. Argus editor Simon Bradshaw, and former editorial director of the West Sussex County Times David Briffett, have been cleared of
Page 1 of 2 Society of Editors executive director Bob Satchwell said editors were extremely aware of their duty to protect children, and said cases such as the one in Sussex could pose a threat to open justice. “It is