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Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales  (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Reardon, S., Gross, B., Keppel-Palmer, M., & Smith, T. (2023, September). Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales . Paper presented at The Future of Journalism, Cardiff University

On 28 July 2022, the case of R v Ben Oliver made history when the sentencing remarks of Munro J were filmed and broadcast from the Old Bailey, marking the first time cameras were allowed into the Crown Court. This unarguably represented a significant... Read More about Lights, camera, justice: ​An evaluation of the first 12 months of video broadcasting sentencing in the Crown Courts of England & Wales .

Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice? (2023)
Journal Article
Keppel-Palmer, M., Smith, T., Reardon, S., & Gross, B. (2023). Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice?. Entertainment Law Review, 34(1), 1-3

Pursuant to the Crown Court (Recording and Broadcasting) Order 2020, television cameras have now been permitted to broadcast sentencing remarks made by Judges in Crown Courts. The first such occasion of this was in the case of R v Ben Oliver (2022).... Read More about Broadcasting crown court sentencing - A tentative step forward for open justice?.