A trial judge had refused an order that steps should not be taken so as to allow S to be identified in reporting the trial of his mother for the alleged murder of his brother by salt poisoning. Held: The court dismissed the application for an injunction restraining the publication by newspapers of the identity … Continue reading Re S (A Child) (Identification: Restrictions on Publication): FD 19 Feb 2003
The claimants appealed an order restricting their reporting of a criminal case so as to identify the defendant. Held: Orders preventing the naming of a defendant in order to protect associated children are unlikely to enhance any child protection issues. The order was however required in this case. The actual order was quashed and an … Continue reading Gazette Media Company Ltd. and Others, Regina (on the Application Of) v Teeside Crown Court: CACD 26 Jul 2005
The prisoner challenged the decision to place him in segregation under Prison Rule 43. Under rule 43(1) the initial power to segregate was given to ‘the governor’. The case arose from the fact that the governor of one prison had purported to authorise the segregation of a prisoner on his arrival at another prison to … Continue reading Regina v Deputy Governor of Parkhurst Prison, Ex parte Hague, Weldon v Home Office: HL 24 Jul 1991
