Thursday, April 06, 2006

The Courts vs Freedom of Speech - 2

It has been reported that a newspaper has been fined for inadvertently disclosing sufficient detail that the victim of a sex crime (name suppressed by the Court) could be identified.

Read the article.

This case has nothing to do with any other Contempt of Court debate of the moment. In this case I am quite certain that the suppression order is justified.

It does show that the Court is prepared to use some teeth.

My "Catch 22" still stands...

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