Humphreys J said that there was ample authority for saying that ‘During the time between the conviction of the accused person on the indictment and his appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal, the case is not ended at all, but is still sub judice, or pending, to use the expression which had been used in many cases in many other judgments.’
Oliver J said that contempt can be committed at any time until the case is ended, and that it is not ended until the hearing and decision of an appeal, if there had been an appeal.
Judges:
Humphreys, Oliver JJ
Citations:
[1945] 2 All ER 167 DC, [1945] 1 KB 435
Cited by:
Cited – Attorney-General v Leveller Magazine Ltd HL 1-Feb-1979
The appellants were magazines and journalists who published, after committal proceedings, the name of a witness, a member of the security services, who had been referred to as Colonel B during the hearing. An order had been made for his name not to . .
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Media, Contempt of Court
Updated: 12 May 2022; Ref: scu.182812