Arlidge, Eady & Smith on Contempt 2nd Supplement

The supplement provides a comprehensive coverage of recent developments in the law and practice (case law, legislation and practice directions) in the law of civil and criminal contempt. Material from the United Kingdom (including Scotland) is augmented by reference to other common law jurisdictions where appropriate, and to decisions of the European Court of Human Rights

Matters of particular concern and topicality include:

* The difficulties of guaranteeing the right to a fair trial in the light of the increasing availability of prejudicial material on the internet - Sinclair v HMA; R v Thakrar
* Jurors disclosing the secrets of the jury room - Att-Gen v Seckerson
* The openness of proceedings in the family courts and the attempts to give greater media access to these proceedings, and the new Family Proceedings Rules 2009
* The borderline between civil contempt and criminal contempt in its application to matters such as the privilege against self-incrimination - C Plc v P (Attorney-General intervening)

Court orders affecting the media, such as:

* "John Doe" injunctions - X & Y v Persons Unknown
* witness anonymity orders - R v Davis, and the Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Act 2008, R v Mayerspostponement orders under the Contempt of Court Act 1981, s. 4(2) - R v Times Newspapers LtdOrders for suppression under section 11 - LM (A Child) (Reporting Restrictions: Coroner's Inquest; R. v Croydon Crown Court, ex p Trinity Mirror Plc
* Reporting restrictions upon hearings that have been held in camera or in private - Times Newspapers Ltd, Re; R v Yam (Wang); R (Mohamed) v Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
* The protection of journalists' sources - Mersey Care NHS Trust v Ackroyd (No 2), and in the context of the Terrorism Act 2000, Malik v Manchester Crown Court
* Contempt in the face of the court - R v Huggins; R v S; R v Adefeye