

Sparkle case: Reporting Restrictions Orders and a costs warning to the Media
The Court of Protection has left open the question of whether news organisations are automatically accountable for costs when losing applications to challenge Reporting Restrictions Orders. The issue arose after the Applicant made an unsuccessful application for costs in the case of V v Associated Newspapers & others [2016] EWCOP 21. The Applicant had applied to extend a Reporting Restrictions Order preventing the press from reporting the identity of the Applicant’s mother