The UK Supreme Court said the other day that it was only making video available online for a year citing some storage, copyright and cost reasons that didn't seem right to me. With my Crime and Justice Sector Transparency Panel hat on I wrote about … [Read more...] about The UK Supreme Court and the mysterious case of the submarining videos
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Justice Wide Open – the collision between uncodified open justice and the law of data protection and copyright #oj_city
Judith Townend organised a fascinating conference at City University on open justice and modern media (programme pdf) . It was great to see some real heavy hitters like Geoffery Robertson QC and Hugh Tomlinson QC speaking up for open courts and open … [Read more...] about Justice Wide Open – the collision between uncodified open justice and the law of data protection and copyright #oj_city
All equal before the Law in Westminster…except Chris Huhne and celebrity defendents
The excellent @Courtnewsuk has alerted me and the world via twitter to some odd goings-on at Westminster Magistrates Court. It's @courtnewsuk's job as court reporters to scour court lists and work out what to cover - they are one of the, possibly … [Read more...] about All equal before the Law in Westminster…except Chris Huhne and celebrity defendents
Opening up court reporting for UK hyperlocal websites
Crime and anti-social behaviour are the most challenging topics local websites have to tackle. But most local sites don't want to add to local fear of crime by just reporting incidents - we want to publish results and support our local criminal … [Read more...] about Opening up court reporting for UK hyperlocal websites