“As a general principle, the principles of freedom of expression, democratic accountability and the rule of law were integral to the principle of open justice, so that, where litigation had occurred and judgment given, any disapplication of the open justice principle (which included the ordinary right of all the parties to the litigation to know the reasons for the court’s decision) had to be rigidly contained. It should be rare for the court to order that any part of the reasoning in its judgment which had lead it to its conclusion should be redacted, and any such order should be made only in extreme cases.”
WLR Daily, 11th February 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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