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Human Rights Court Rules in Favour of BBC Scotland in Court Access Case

The court said Scotland must keep hearings public except in rare cases after Duff was excluded from a care home case he was covering.

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BBc Scotland said the ruling showed that courts ‘cannot shut out journalists without hearing them in advance’.

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ECHR rules in favour of BBC Scotland over journalist barred from court hearing

ECHR rules for BBC Scotland after journalist Steven Duff was excluded from Aberdeen Sheriff Court, finding a breach of Article 10, media freedom and open justice.

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Human rights court rules in favour of BBC Scotland in court access case

BBc Scotland said the ruling showed that courts ‘cannot shut out journalists without hearing them in advance’.

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BBC Scotland wins 8-year legal challenge over exclusion of reporter from court

The BBC's Steven Duff had been investigating an Aberdeenshire care home when he was asked to leave a court hearing in 2018.

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