Giving his judgment, Lord Dyson said: "There are certain features of a common law trial which are fundamental to our system of justice, both criminal and civil."First, subject to certain established and limited exceptions, trials should conducted and judgments given in public. The importance of the open justice principle emphasised many times.
"The open justice principle is not a mere procedural rule. It is a fundamental law principle.
"Secondly, trials are conducted on the principle of natural justice." To allow a "closed procedure" in such an ill-defined way could, he warned, "be the thin end of the wedge".
"This would be a big step for the law to take in view of the fundamental principles at stake. In my view this is a matter for parliament and not the courts."Full details here.
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