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Court of Appeal clarifies law on identification of child defendants who turn 18 in the course of criminal proceedings

On January 19 2024, the Court of Appeal ruled that children before the courts for a criminal offence can be identified by the media once they turn 18 even when convicted as a minor, if court proceedings are still ongoing. In this insight, Darryl Broderick and Conor Beck from RDJ’s Commercial Litigat...