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A fair and accessible justice system, and an active and inquiring media, lie at the heart of our democracy. Ensuring that every citizen...
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Almost two months have passed since the Supreme Court’s judgment in ZXC v Bloomberg LP [2022] UKSC 5, [2022] 2 WLR 424. The Supreme...
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Strategic lawsuits against publication participation, or “SLAPPs” are a form of litigation used to censor and intimidate critics, usually...
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Investigative journalist and crime author, Graham Johnson, has had his application for permission to appeal against sentence heard in the...
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In D and F v Persons Unknown [2021] EWHC 157 (QB), handed down on 4th February, Tipples J granted an order permanently preventing the...
On 3 June 2020, in Serafin v Malciewicz and others [2020] UKSC 23, the Supreme Court delivered helpful guidance about the scope of the...
Behind glass, and flanked by guards, Adolf Eichmann faced the judgment, of audiences around the world. On 11 April 1961, live from the...
For seven weeks Covid-19 shut the doors of jury trials in England and Wales. On 11th May 2020, the Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor...
On Monday, Ministers and officials from HMCTS gave evidence to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee on the impact of the...
Open justice. “The words express a principle at the heart of our system of justice and vital to the rule of law… open justice lets in the...
This week has been a landmark one for open justice: the US Supreme Court livestreamed oral arguments for the first time, allowing...
We are all, by now, well aware of the implications of the current pandemic for in-person hearings in the courts. Many hearings have...