by Sydney Smith on Feb 18, 2017
Australia’s Yahoo7 Fined $300k for Article that led to Murder Mistrial
Australia's Yahoo7 was fined $300,000 Australian ($230,000 U.S.) for contempt of court after it published a report last summer that...
Contempt of Court
by Sydney Smith on Mar 08, 2013
Did you post fake photos of convicted murderers? UK Atty General May Press Charges Worldwide
UK Attorney General Dominic Grieve said anyone posting photos of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson could be charged with contempt...
by Sydney Smith on Oct 23, 2012
2 UK Newspapers Fined for Contempt of Court Charges, Articles Led to Jury for Child Abduction Trial being Dismissed
The Daily Mail and Daily Mirror were fined last week for contempt of court resulting from their reporting on the...
by Sydney Smith on May 11, 2012
Charges against UK Spectator for Violating Court Order on Murder Trial Reporting
The UK "literary entertainment" magazine The Spectator has been charged by the police for "breaching reporting restrictions" over a November article...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 14, 2012
UK Supreme Court Maintains Daily Mirror Coverage of Joanna Yeates Murder in Contempt of Court
The UK Supreme Court rejected the appeal by the publisher of the Daily Mirror of last year's decision that the newspaper...
by Sydney Smith on Jan 19, 2012
UK Atty General Not Charging Sky News with Contempt over Injunction
We wrote in November when UK attorney general Dominic Grieve began "proceedings for possible contempt of court" charges against the...
by Sydney Smith on Dec 06, 2011
UK Atty General Gives Speech on Contempt of Court Charges, Media Reporting on Crimes, Injunction Holders
The UK Attorney General, Dominic Grieve, spoke to the UK City University London journalism school Dec. 1 about his taking...
by Sydney Smith on Nov 23, 2011
Contempt of Court against Fiji Times?
The Republic of Fiji's interim government has charged the Fiji Times with contempt of court, Radio New Zealand International reported....
by Sydney Smith on Oct 20, 2011
Daily Mail & Daily Mirror Accused of Contempt in Milly Dowler Reporting
UK attorney general Dominic Grieve charged the Daily Mail and the Daily Mirror with contempt of court, the Guardian reported....
by Sydney Smith on Aug 01, 2011
2 UK Papers Fined for Contempt of Court, 8 UK Newspapers Pay Libel Fees to Christopher Jefferies
UK's High Court fined two UK newspapers for contempt of court over their reporting on the murder of Jo Yeates,...