When the new legal term started in Australia in February, no one could have foreseen the impact of COVID-19 on our courts. Judges and...
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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...