Attorney-General written question – answered at on 11 July 2011.
To ask the Attorney-General what steps he will be taking to prevent the necessity of contempt of court cases being brought as a result of the use of social media networks.
As guardians of the public interest, the Law Officers bring contempt of court proceedings when appropriate to do so. It is for the trial court judge to warn parties and the public not to publish prejudicial reports and, when appropriate, to impose reporting restrictions. Juries, in particular, are warned repeatedly by the court not to use the internet to research cases in which they are involved.
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