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NLJ this week: Breaching embargoes on draft judgments, an update

02 September 2022
Issue: 7992 / Categories: Legal News , Contempt
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Those who break embargoes on the publication of draft judgments can expect to find themselves facing contempt proceedings, the Master of the Rolls warned in February, following an embarrassing mishap in chambers

Since then, two other cases have developed the situation further. Practitioners (and the media) need to be on their guard. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Leicester De Montfort Law School’s Professor Neil Parpworth provides an update.

Parpworth notes that contrition appears to weigh heavily with the courts, but highlights the need for extreme caution in the absence of formal guidance on the issue, expressing concern that contempt proceedings may follow if not.

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