The Press Association's legal editor, Mike Dodd, and two regional newspaper editors - Terry Hunt of the East Anglian Daily Times and Nigel Pickover of the Ipswich Evening Star - have called on the Lord Chief Justice to act over reporting restrictions.
When a man in Ipswich charged with causing death by dangerous driving changed his plea to guilty the judge imposed a reporting ban because the victims' families were unaware of the man's decision. The editors argue that judges are imposing such unnecessary reporting restrictions too often. (Via holdthefrontpage)
