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Judges Could Force Archive Stories Removal
- Press Gazette, Thursday, January 3, 2013 3:07 PM
Crown Court judges could be given the power to order newspaper publishers and other operators of online archives to block public access to material they believe causes a substantial risk of serious prejudice to trials, under proposals put forward by the Law Commission. The plans are detailed in a Consultation Paper on Contempt of Court which sets out possible ways in which the law could be changed to try to bring it into line with the development of the internet and new media.
