Jan 20, 2022 Phone hacking whistleblower appeals against sentence By Liam Walker KC Jennifer Robinson Investigative journalist and crime author, Graham Johnson, has had his application for permission to appeal against sentence heard in the...
Feb 08, 2021 D and F v Persons Unknown: anonymity under the Venables jurisdiction By Claire Overman In D and F v Persons Unknown [2021] EWHC 157 (QB), handed down on 4th February, Tipples J granted an order permanently preventing the...
Nov 06, 2020 Behind the Depp headlines: meaning, evidence and juries By Clare Wisson Claire Overman Introduction On 2nd November 2020, Nicol J handed down his eagerly awaited judgment in Depp v News Group Newspapers and anor [2020] EWHC...
Jun 12, 2020 Supreme Court rules on defamation "public interest" defence By Heather Rogers KC Jonathan Price On 3 June 2020, in Serafin v Malciewicz and others [2020] UKSC 23, the Supreme Court delivered helpful guidance about the scope of the...
May 21, 2020 Justice must be seen to be done: due process, broadcasting and politics in the Israeli courts By Beth Grossman Behind glass, and flanked by guards, Adolf Eichmann faced the judgment, of audiences around the world. On 11 April 1961, live from the...
May 18, 2020 Resumption of jury trials: an open justice “toolkit” By Doughty Street Chambers Clare Wisson 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...
May 07, 2020 “Something we’re going to need to keep an eye on”: Justice seen to be done? By Angela Patrick On Monday, Ministers and officials from HMCTS gave evidence to the House of Commons Justice Select Committee on the impact of the...
May 07, 2020 Open Justice During Lockdown By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC 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...
May 07, 2020 A Tale of Two Supreme Courts: Open Justice in the US and UK Supreme Courts By Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC This week has been a landmark one for open justice: the US Supreme Court livestreamed oral arguments for the first time, allowing...
May 04, 2020 Open Justice and Paper Determinations By Doughty Street Chambers Claire Overman We are all, by now, well aware of the implications of the current pandemic for in-person hearings in the courts. Many hearings have...