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October 2011 |
The Court of Protection has been accused of being overly secretive. Elizabeth Cleaver examines recent cases where the media has been allowed to attend
The new Court of Protection was set up in 2007 to take important decisions for those who lack the capacity to do so for themselves. These issues include where the patient should live, who should manage their finances and what medical treatment they should receive. Prior to 2007 the Court of Protection was part of the Office of the Public Guardian but these are now two separate bodies. It was felt that more clarity was needed concerning day to day decision-making for the most vulnerable members of our society. These decisions are of paramount importance to the patient and can be of the most private nature. Although Court of Protection cases are normally heard in private some recent cases have raised the question of publicising them.
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October 2011 |
I’m ready for my close-up: Toby Craig and Charles Hale mull over cameras in courts
The debate over cameras in courts has been rumbling on for about as long as that on goal-line technology in football. It has often seemed that the more we talk about it, the further we are from any resolution. In fact, historically, the only thing we could be sure of was that we would keep arguing about it. In a modern world of 24-hour news, smart-phone cameras and the prevalence of social media, opening up the justice system for all to see might seem a no-brainer - in New Zealand for instance, you can now stream live trials via the internet to help the winter evenings fly by - but is it? It is all too easy to paint this as a dispute between anachronistic fuddy-duddies and forward-thinking modernisers (which a Sky News led campaign has sought to do), but in reality, the issue is far more delicately balanced, even if the technology is now all available.
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October 2011 |
They have arrived in the Supreme Court. The Government proposes allowing them in for sentencing. Has the time come for cameras to be allowed into all of our courts?
Here Simon Bucks puts the case for cameras, and Jon McLeod the case against…
Earlier this year the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, QC, was guest of honour at a Society of Editors lunch - one of its regular “Chatham House Rules” events to discuss issues of the moment. The DPP had an immediate request: that the event should be off-the-record. As a lawyer he understands the subtle difference: at Chatham House attendees are free to repeat what is said but not who said it; off-the-record meetings are not reportable at all.
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October 2011 |
What is a media monopoly in this country and how did Rupert Murdoch get permission to buy the rest of BSkyB? Matthew Cook examines competition law in respect of media ownership
Amid the present controversy over hacking at the News of the World, concerns have once again come to the fore about the size and role of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire and the power that this gives him over British politicians and the British public. The position is very different from a few months ago when it looked likely that News International would be given permission to extend its media empire in the United Kingdom still further by acquiring the rest of BSkyB (in which it presently has a 39.1% minority interest), subject only to a condition that it should dispose of Sky News.
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