Rule 5.7 The open justice principleI1
England and Wales
(1)
Where rules 5.8, 5.9, 5.10 and 5.11 apply, as well as furthering the overriding objective in accordance with rules 1.2 and 1.3 the court officer and the court must have regard to the importance of—
(a)
dealing with criminal cases in public;
(b)
allowing a public hearing to be reported to the public; and
(c)
the rights of a person affected by a direction or order made, or warrant issued, by the court to understand why that decision was made.
(2)
In rules 5.10 and 5.11 this requirement is called ‘the open justice principle’.