Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
COURT witnesses are to face fresh legal protection after a £6 million trial was stopped yesterday because of a "catastrophic" legal ruling.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
The Government’s crisis over the anonymity of witnesses prompted the collapse yesterday of a £6 million murder trial of two men accused of shooting an East London businessman.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Ministers are determined to rush through emergency laws to halt the collapse of criminal cases throughout England and Wales after senior judges ruled that granting witnesses anonymity could make trials unfair.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Dozens of criminal cases have been suspended following a "catastrophic" House of Lords ruling against the use of anonymous witnesses in trials.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
A £6 million murder trial has collapsed because of a House of Lords ruling condemned by senior police officers as "catastrophic".
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Scores of trials around England and Wales appeared to be risk today as the impact of a House of Lords ruling last week begins to bite.
Times Online (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
The first major murder trial to be hit by week’s Law Lords ruling on witness anonymity was halted at the Old Bailey today.
