Comments on: Follow-up on London case http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/12/follow-up-on-london-case/ a group discussion about the future of student media Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:45:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Martin http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/12/follow-up-on-london-case/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Martin Sat, 09 Dec 2006 14:27:47 +0000 http://www.collegemediainnovation.org/blog/2006/12/09/follow-up-on-london-case/#comment-690 Libel is an interesting point, but the real issue here, as far as British court reporting laws are concerned, is <a href="http://publicsphere.typepad.com/mediations/2006/12/danicki_tube_ar.html" rel="nofollow">contempt of court</a>. Once a suspect is arrested, British law has very strict limitations about what can be said about the case, because of the risk of prejudicing a jury and therefore damaging the defendant's right to a fair trial. Libel is an interesting point, but the real issue here, as far as British court reporting laws are concerned, is contempt of court.

Once a suspect is arrested, British law has very strict limitations about what can be said about the case, because of the risk of prejudicing a jury and therefore damaging the defendant's right to a fair trial.

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