The idea that a judge, presented with a case that has taken years to investigate, has involved millions of pounds of investment, thousands of documents and hundreds of witnesses, will suddenly on day one of the trial halt proceedings because of
prejudicial reporting is wholly unrealistic.
The Court of Appeal's judgment means that a defendant's complaints about
prejudicial reporting are likely to fall on deaf ears.
For these reasons, it is regrettable that the Court of Appeal did not use the Hamza appeal as an opportunity to restate principles on
prejudicial reporting and throw the ball firmly back into the defendant's court.
Not exact matches
Douglas Hogg, another Tory, has tabled a series of amendments with the Liberal Democrat David Heath also calling for the inquiry to wind up by the end of next month, but his proposal would make allowance for the
report to be redacted so as to leave out any material
prejudicial to the Green investigation.
Survey respondents
reported that these
prejudicial behaviours and attitudes don't only come from within the internal ranks of the school.