Cases

R (on the application of Harper and Johncox) v Aldershot Magistrates Court & Ors

Held

The claimants had failed to meet the burden of establishing that there was justification for interfering with the principle of open justice. If there was a risk to the lives of the men and their families, it would not in the circumstances be enhanced by publication of addresses. On the information the claimants gave, any approach to them was likely to be a targeted one which would not be deterred by the need to discover a home address. While the charges against the claimants were serious, they were unlikely to provoke that response by vigilantes which occasionally occurs in some categories of offence, for example, charges involving abuse of young children.

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