In re Trinity Mirror plc (A intervening)

Hearings

England & Wales

01 Feb 2008 [2008] EWCA Crim 50; [2008] QB 770; [2008] 3 WLR 51; [2008] 2 All ER 1159; [2008] 2 Cr App R 1, CA

Additional names

R (Trinity Mirror) v Croydon Crown Court

Subject Matter

CROWN COURT — Practice — Reporting restrictions — Defendant pleading guilty to child pornography offences — Judge granting injunction prohibiting identification of defendant and his children in order to protect children's Convention rights — Children neither witnesses in proceedings nor victims of offences — Whether defendant's identification matter “incidental to” court's jurisdiction — Whether Crown Court having jurisdiction to grant order — Balance of Convention rights — Contempt of Court Act 1981, s 11 — Supreme Court Act 1981, s 45 (4) — Human Rights Act 1998, Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10

[2008] QB 770; [2008] 3 WLR 51

Commentary

Blackstones Criminal Practice 2025
Open Justice - Imposition of a Permanent Ban on Reporting Certain Matters D3.134

Open Justice - Live Text-based Communications from Court - Postponing Reporting of Proceedings D3.127