right of access to court

It included a charter of fundamental rights and the right of access to courts.

Section 29 guarantees the right of access to courts or tribunals, and the right to a fair trial.

In a hearing before yesterday's ruling, the two newspapers and the press association argued that the public has an essential right of access to court documents and proceedings.

Fair Trial Cited In arguments yesterday before Justice Demakos, The Times challenged the closed proceedings as a "violation of the constitutional rights of access to court proceedings."

First Amendment Cases At the Times Company, Ms. Linfield was active in a number of areas of litigation, but her specialty was First Amendment cases involving the press's right of access to court proceedings.

Beinisch emphasized the importance of judicial review of the activities of the executive branch, including the military, as well as the importance of following the rule of law and the principle of non-discriminatory law enforcement, and preserving every person's right of access to court.

Whyte wrote that "[a]n attempt by a bank to shield information about an unauthorized disclosure of confidential customer information until it can determine whether or not that information has been further disclosed and/or misused does not constitute a compelling reason that overrides the public's common law right of access to court filings".