Remote trial and error: how COVID-19 changed public access to court proceedings

Q2 Social Sciences

Journal of Media Law Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI:10.1080/17577632.2021.1979844

Judith Townend, Paul Magrath

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic in England and Wales accelerated the use of digital technology for remote hearings. Inevitably, a period of trial and error followed, with a hybrid and emergency set of rules for media and public access to hearings. This short article outlines some of the main changes to the conduct of court hearings in 2020–21, and the impact on open justice. We contend that this tumultuous period has highlighted the potential for improved accountability of the justice process, but also unresolved issues around the practical management of public access to courts.

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远程试错:COVID-19如何改变公众获得法庭诉讼的机会

COVID-19大流行期间在英格兰和威尔士实施的限制加速了数字技术在远程听证会中的应用。不可避免地，一段时间的试错之后，媒体和公众进入听证会的一套混合和紧急规则应运而生。这篇短文概述了2020 - 2021年法院听证会行为的一些主要变化，以及对公开司法的影响。我们认为，这一动荡时期突出了改善司法程序问责制的潜力，但也突出了围绕公众进入法院的实际管理的未解决问题。

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Journal of Media Law Social Sciences-Law

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期刊介绍： The only platform for focused, rigorous analysis of global developments in media law, this peer-reviewed journal, launched in Summer 2009, is: essential for teaching and research, essential for practice, essential for policy-making. It turns the spotlight on all those aspects of law which impinge on and shape modern media practices - from regulation and ownership, to libel law and constitutional aspects of broadcasting such as free speech and privacy, obscenity laws, copyright, piracy, and other aspects of IT law. The result is the first journal to take a serious view of law through the lens. The first issues feature articles on a wide range of topics such as: Developments in Defamation · Balancing Freedom of Expression and Privacy in the European Court of Human Rights · The Future of Public Television · Cameras in the Courtroom - Media Access to Classified Documents · Advertising Revenue v Editorial Independence · Gordon Ramsay: Obscenity Regulation Pioneer?