Sentences with phrase «exclude media representatives»

This article will deal primarily with the court's discretion to exclude media representatives and provide a step - by - step guide for those acting in cases in which the media have made an attendance and an application to exclude the media is required.

The second step is for the judge to decide, on an application by either party, the Cafcass officer, a witness, a child's guardian or of the court's own volition, whether to exercise his / her discretion to exclude the media representative, or whether the imposition of reporting restrictions would be sufficient to protect the parties» interests.

In our example, therefore, advocates on behalf of the parties wishing to exclude the media representative, having made the case that there is a risk to the parties in the media attending due to the sensitive financial information regarding the company, will then seek to show that it is necessary to exclude the journalist from the hearing altogether, as the risk arises from the mere fact of media presence at the hearing.

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Media representatives may be excluded from attending a hearing if it is shown that justice would be impeded or prejudiced by their attendance.

The court may exercise the power to exclude of its own motion or pursuant to representations, having given the media representative in question an opportunity to make representations on the issue of exclusion.