“A five-judge panel in the Court of Appeal is to be asked to decide whether a man who admitted 20 charges of making and possessing indecent pictures of children should have his identity protected because his two daughters might be harassed or bullied at school.”
The Guardian, 15th October 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Witnesses to gun crime should be given a guarantee they will not be identified in court, police chiefs say.”
BBC News, 6th September 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“On an application by potential witnesses for anonymity a tribunal of inquiry had posed the correct test, under art 2 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, of whether a pre-existing risk of death would be materially increased if the witnesses were required to give evidence without anonymity.”
WLR Daily, 1st August 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note: once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
When tribunal witness requests anonymity
House of Lords
“On an application by potential witnesses for anonymity at a public inquiry, the appropriate test was whether a preexisting risk of death to the witness would be materially increased if he were required to give evidence without anonymity.”
The Times, 1st August 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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Sultan has no special claim to anonymity
Aziz v. Aziz and Others, Sultan of Brunei intervening
Court of Appeal
“The head of a foreign state had no right to anonymity in judgments in court proceedings brought by his former wife against certain defendants.”
The Times, 17th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“It is one of the most extraordinary court dramas of recent times, involving the Sultan of Brunei’s former wife, a fortune teller and a £2m gift to a man who may never have existed. But until yesterday, when three judges at the Court of Appeal ruled against the Sultan of Brunei’s right to anonymity in the case, its bizarre details had not been connected to him.”
The Independent, 12th July 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“New voting legislation is set to come into effect which will allow victims of stalking and domestic violence to keep their names off the electoral roll.”
BBC News, 1st June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Teachers accused of abuse of pupils should be guaranteed anonymity while the allegations are investigated, the Lord Chancellor said yesterday.”
The Times, 7th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Five witnesses at the Billy Wright murder inquiry have won a legal battle for anonymity.”
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BBC News, 26th April 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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