Overview
- The Court of Appeal confirmed on Monday that no notice of appeal or request for more time was lodged, leaving reporting restrictions in place only until the first publication by ITN or The Guardian.
- Mr Justice Nicklin refused a permanent injunction last week after hearing clinical and witness evidence, finding the risk of suicide was serious but not an inevitable result of publication.
- The judge said the state’s duty to protect life is met by NHS psychiatric care rather than by broad prior restraints on lawful press reporting.
- ITN and The Guardian say their multi‑year probe, begun in 2022, includes more than 100 sources with about 30 first‑hand accounts and material that could amount to criminal allegations.
- The claimant remains in inpatient psychiatric care and safety concerns persist, and publication would trigger the automatic discharge of restrictions while earlier contempt penalties would still apply to any pre‑publication naming.