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Rule 6.8 Order about restriction or trial in privateI1

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

This rule applies where the court—

(a)

orders, varies or removes a reporting or access restriction; or

(b)

orders a trial in private.

(2)

The court officer must—

(a)

record the court’s reasons for the decision; and

(b)

as soon as reasonably practicable, arrange for notice of the decision to be—

(i)

displayed somewhere prominent in the vicinity of the courtroom, and

(ii)

communicated to reporters by such other arrangements as the Lord Chancellor directs.

Annotations

Commencement

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Rule 6.8 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble