Lyttelton v R - [2016] 2 NZLR 21

Jurisdiction — Right to appeal — Whether appellate jurisdiction — Non-statutory suppression order — Whether properly characterised as civil or criminal proceedings — Criminal trial but civil application — Judicature Act 1908, s 66.

Trial — Fair Trial — Criminal proceeding — Media entities — Suppression order — Freedom of speech — Retrial — “Take down” order for historical articles — Whether “take down” order appropriate — Jury trial — Public interest — Whether trial unfair if articles available to public.