Whale guilty on 9 out of 10 charges

has found Cameron Slater guilty on nine of the ten charges relating to name supression. The judgement is here – Police v Slater. I'll do a fuller post tonight or tomorrow analysing it n depth, and especially any implications for the wider blogosphere and media. It is pretty long for a district course case – 70 pages.

The fine is $750 per charge plus $130 costs, so total cost is $7,920.

There are some proposals from the Law Commission that are with the , which are worth implementing. One of them makes it harder for people to get , and the other will make it easier for media (and bloggers I ) to access details of suppression orders so that you are less likely to accidentally breach a suppression order (as has happened to me on occassion).

I hope we do see some law changes in the near future. While I don't endorse deliberately breaking the law, I do endorse the intent of the campaign – which is to to have a more open justice system.

UPDATE: Have also placed the pdf on Scribd, below:

Police v Slater

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