Magistrates should be stripped of their powers to restrict court reporting
Coverage of our courts is being censored - because magistrates are too quick to impose unnecessary reporting restrictions. In…
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David Banks
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What has the Human Rights Act done for us? Quite a lot, as it turns out
The European Court of Human Rights and the Human Rights Act have both done a huge amount of good…
BySocial media and the second Hillsborough inquest
The depth of feeling that exists about the disaster and what came after is entirely understandable. The attorney general…
ByThe Mark Duggan verdict: why families often feel let down by the coroner system
We expect too much of the inquest – they are inquisitorial, not adversarial, and cannot apportion blame.
ByWhat’s the point of open justice if there isn’t anyone to report it?
Thanks to the dearth of court reporters, Nigella Lawson's trial is one of the few you will ever hear…
ByPeaches Geldof and Ian Watkins: is social media the end of contempt of court?
Geldof tweeting the names of victims' relatives shows how hard it is to enforce reporting restrictions in the digital…
ByHas the phone hacking trial created a new form of journalism?
The idea that the democratisation of news means we are all journalists now is, sadly, a fantasy.
ByShould the Students’ Union legally protect you from your own online persona?
Today's student media are carved in the stone of web publication though, that is potentially permanent, and searchable. The…
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