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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Pilgrim

Strong argument to go further with cameras in courts, says Lord Chief Justice

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The “success” of broadcast sentencing in serious criminal cases provides a “strong argument that we need to go further” in allowing cameras to film legal proceedings, the most senior judge in England and Wales has said.

In his final speech in office, Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett suggested that High Court challenges against the Government with “intense public interest” could be livestreamed, while filmed sentencing could be expanded to more cases.

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