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The Law Commission has published part 1 of its report into Contempt of Court and it will be presented to Parliament. I responded to the consultatation and my colleague Kate Asall and I responded to the supplementary consultation. We are quoted extensively in the report
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November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Robert Jenrick’s social media post about a murder trial criticised by trial judge: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

(With no apologies for the shameless self promotion) I wrote about this kind of thing here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And here: theconversation.com/why-the-atto...
Robert Jenrick criticised by judge over social media post during murder trial - BBC News
The High Court judge described the shadow justice secretary's message as "ill thought through".
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Latest piece in The Conversation by Kate Astall and me: theconversation.com/why-police-r...
Why police released the ethnicity of Liverpool parade crash suspect
A recent House of Commons report suggested that the laws of contempt are not fit for the social media age.
theconversation.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM