Chapter 15 Self-test questions

Open justice and access to court information

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. What is the name of the case in which the House of Lords, in a judgment in 1913, gave clear expression to the principle of open justice?

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. In the UK's common law there is no circumstance in which the public and reporters can be excluded from a court case.

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. The High Court ruled in 1987 that the media have a right to know, when reporting a magistrates court case, the names of the magistrates involved in it. What is the name of this High Court case?

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. Which official agency has issued a protocol giving advice about what material should be provided from prosecution evidence to help the media report a criminal trial?

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. A journalist reporting a civil case is generally allowed to see the documents in the 'statement of case' and witness statements

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