Khuja v Times Newspapers Ltd
[2017] UKSC 49 — Supreme Court, 2017
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What the court held
The Supreme Court refused an anonymity order to a man arrested but never charged in relation to a child-abuse investigation. Held that the press has a strong right to report public court proceedings and identify individuals discussed in them, absent specific fair-trial risk.
Key rulings
- A person arrested but not charged can still be named where information was aired in open court about him.
- Article 8 privacy interests must be weighed against Article 10 open-justice interests.
- The court declined a general rule against pre-charge identification (later distinguished by ZXC v Bloomberg).
Topics
Open justiceSuspects’ privacyAnonymity
Acts cited
- Human Rights Act 1998
Authoritative source
Read the full judgment on BAILII (British and Irish Legal Information Institute):
https://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKSC/2017/49.htmlRelated landmark cases
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