The court had made an order preventing the identification of the defendant Z and children pending the completion of an associated criminal trial. It now considered what should be done if Z was convicted.
Held: ‘the marginal re-weighting of factors in this case in the event of a conviction would tilt the balance in favour of freedom of expression. It follows that in the event that Mrs Z is convicted of any of the counts on the indictment, I consider that the Article 10 right to publish her name as a convicted person prevails over the right of the whole family to anonymity in the press. It would, in my judgment, be unconscionable for the public not to know the name of a person convicted of fraud, possibly (depending on the extent of the guilty verdicts) substantial fraud, upon the State’
Judges:
Cobb J
Citations:
[2013] EWHC 1371 (Fam)
Links:
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Media, Criminal Practice
Updated: 29 September 2022; Ref: scu.510089
