A fair account of what takes place in a court of justice is privileged. The reason is, that the balance of public benefit from publicity is great. It is of great consequence that the public should know what takes place in court; and the proceedings are... The Journal of Jurisprudence - Page 4171869Full view - About this book
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 1032 pages
...reason for this privilege the public benefit from the publicity of the proceedings. His Lordship says, that the " balance of public benefit from the publicity is great. It is of great consequence that Ihe public should know what took place in court, and the proceedings are under the control of the Judges.... | |
| Alexander Andrews - Journalism - 1869 - 556 pages
...Davison r. Duncan '' (7 E and B. 229), Lord Campbell says, " A fair account of what takes place in a court of justice is privileged. The reason is that...consequence that the public should know what takes place iu court, and the proceedings are under the control of the judges. The inconvenience therefore arising... | |
| Great Britain. Courts - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 556 pages
...Duncan, 7 Ellis & B. 229 (ECLR vol. 90), Lord Campbell says: " A fair account of what takes place in a court of justice is privileged. The reason is, that...inconvenience, therefore, arising from the chance of the injury to private character is infinitesimally small as compared to the convenience of publicity.... | |
| John Shortt - Contracts - 1871 - 824 pages
...proceedings. " A fair account of what takes place in a court of justice," says Lord Campbell, (a.) "is privileged. The reason is that the balance of...inconvenience, therefore, arising from the chance of the injury to private character is infinitesimally small as compared to the convenience of publicity.... | |
| Appleton Morgan - Contempt of court - 1875 - 840 pages
...freely attend the same, and the custom is the same in England, where Lord Campbell,2 pronounced it to be "of great consequence that the public should know what takes place in the courts." It is said furthermore,3 that, as a rule of law every citizen is supposed to be cognizant... | |
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