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Is there a public right of access to High Court Judgements in English Judicial Review Cases?
If there is how does one exercise it?
Thanks to Simon. The Case I am interested in has not had a full hearing but been rejected by the Judge at the written application stage.
Details of it have only been made public as a consequence of a Journalist having been given sight of the Judgement, presumably by one of the parties.
"it is a matter of dropping by and reading through what's on. It would be open to the public." wrote Doethineb - I can't have made myself clear.
I appreciate that is correct when it comes to an oral hearing, but that stage has not been reached and a Judgement has been written at the pre trial stage on the basis of the written submissions, what I am not clear, is whether such a Judgement is a public document and if it is how it can be located and obtained from official sources preferably at no greater cost than printing/photocopying.
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- Anonymous10 years agoFavorite Answer
All High Court judgments in England are public- unless there is a particularly compelling reason for them not to be- e.g national security. There is a problem sometimes locating them. The Courts and Tribunals Service website is a good starting place, however this weblink will probably assist although you won't necessarily find every single case- http://www.bailii.org./ Other services provide transcripts (Westlaw, Lexus and Lawtel) but they are not cheap. You can often find judgments by just Googling the title.
- DoethinebLv 710 years ago
Cases of this kind are normally heard at the Divisional Court of the High Court of Justice in the Strand. The lists are published on the afternoon of the previous day and it is a matter of dropping by and reading through what's on. It would be open to the public.
