Lord Atkin declared in his memorable speech in Ambard v A-G of Trinidad and Tobago (1936) 1 AC 322 at 335 (Ambard): But whether the authority and position of an individual judge, or the due administration of justice, is concerned, no wrong is committed by any member of the public who exercises the ordinary right of criticizing, in good faith, in private or public, the public act done in the seat of justice. The path of criticism is a public way: the wrong headed are permitted to err therein: provided that members of the public abstain from imputing improper motives to those taking part in the administration of justice, and are genuinely exercising a right of criticism, and not acting in malice or attempting to impair the administration of justice, they are immune. Justice is not a cloistered virtue: she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respectful, even though outspoken, comments of ordinary men. - See more at: defimedia.info/blog/item/8623-the-role-of-the-media-is-of-paramount-importance-to-uphold-the-rule-of-law.html?tmpl=component&print=1#sthash.GScktpjC.dpuf
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