“…These cases concern open justice, the importance of which was once again recently explained in the judgment of Lord Reed in A v. BBC [2014] UKSC 25; [2015] AC 588 at [23] et seq. The proceedings in Isaiah’s case were in public and Zainab’s would have been. There was a need for RROs at the time, but indefin…”
“…For his submission that the two strands of law are “in step”, Mr Callus draws on what Lord Reed said in A v BBC [2014] UKSC 25, [2015] AC 588 at [57]. But Lord Reed was not saying that the two are interchangeable or in all circumstances identical. The words relied on by Mr Callus need …”
“…This means that, if screens are reasonably necessary for the witnesses’ protection, that will outweigh the need for open justice (A v British Broadcasting Corp [2014] UKSC 25 per Lord Reed at…”