High Court refuses to grant an order requiring the deletion of a publication of a judgment in respect of a discovery and inspection application, on the grounds that it was not necessary where the jury empanelled would be concerned with resolving the factual issues and not pre-trial issues.
Application for discovery and inspection – order that anything published by the Courts Services is deleted and expunged from any record that may be seen or made available to the jury before or during the trial – discovery and inspection dealt with in previous written ruling – argued that the publication of the discovery judgment would prejudice a fair trial on the matter – publication of judgments serves legitimate and vital purpose in ensuring openness and transparency in the legal process – assertion is plainly misconceived – jury empaneled to hear the case will be concerned with resolving the factual issues in dispute between the parties – application dismissed and reliefs refused – costs follow the event where the application has been dismissed in its entirety.