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High Court grants order that proceedings in relation to the Witness Security Programme be held in camera, finding that if the proceedings were permitted to be heard in public, the lives of persons giving evidence and persons identified during the course of the trial could well be at risk.
Criminal law – Witness Security Programme – whether the defendant is entitled to have the within proceedings, initiated by the plaintiff, heard otherwise than in public – whether only right which can be balanced against the obligation that justice be administered in public is the right to a fair trial – order which is being sought in these proceedings can only be made in exceptional circumstances, to avoid prejudice to the interests of justice – lives of persons giving evidence and persons identified during the course of the trial could well be at stake – proceedings to be held in camera.
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