Solicitor-General v Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand - [1987] 2 NZLR 100

Contempt of Court — Statements affecting pending criminal trials — Application by Solicitor-General — Statements made in a radio talk-back show and in a newspaper article were alleged by Solicitor-General to imply that one or more of accused awaiting trial on separate charges of murder had previous criminal convictions, although the accused were not named — Whether such statements would have prejudiced the trials — Whether statements amounted to contempt.