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Thu 11 Nov 2008Judge's comments on media criticised by legal expert
Judges should not get into controversy with parts of civil society that might appear as litigants in the courts, according to a leading expert in criminal law.
Prof Finbarr McAuley, Jean Monnet Professor of European Criminal Justice in UCD and a member of the Law Reform Commission, was responding to criticism by Supreme Court judge Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman over the media's coverage of the courts.
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