R v Teeside Crown Court ex parte Gazette Media Company Ltd
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 26 July 2005 |
| Neutral Citation | [2005] EWCA Crim 1983 |
| Date | 26 July 2005 |
| Court | Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) |
COURT OF APPEAL Criminal Division
Before Lord Justice Maurice Kay, Mr Justice Field and Sir John Alliott
Ex parte Gazette Media Company Ltd and Others
Criminal procedure - identification of complainants in sexual cases - child protection not enhanced by statutory ban on identification
Child protection not enhanced by statutory ban on identification
THE current trend towards automatic statutory restrictions on the identification of complainants in sexual cases was to be regretted since it was unlikely that essential child protection would thereby be enhanced.
The Court of Appeal so stated when allowing an appeal by Gazette Media Company Ltd, Isle of Wight County Press Ltd and Newsquest (North East) Ltd under section 159 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 against an order made by...
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JC and RT v The Central Criminal Court Crown Prosecution Service and Another (Interested Parties) Just for Kids Law (Intervener)
...and cannot extend to details beyond those allowed by section 39 itself: see R (ex parte Gazette Media Co Ltd) v Teeside Crown Court [2005] EWCA Crim 1983 at para. 13. Similarly, only a ‘child or young person concerned in the proceedings’ may be the subject of an order. This cannot include ......
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JC and RT v The Central Criminal Court
...and cannot extend to details beyond those allowed by section 39 itself: see R (ex parte Gazette Media Co Ltd) v Teeside Crown Court [2005] EWCA Crim 1983 at para. 13. Similarly, only a ‘child or young person concerned in the proceedings’ may be the subject of an order. This cannot include ......