Guidelines on Paying Witnesses and Criminal Sources in Legal Proceedings

may reasonably be expected to be called as a witness, unless the information concerned ought demonstrably to be published in the public interest and there is an over-riding need to make or promise payment for this to be done; and all reasonable steps have been taken to ensure no financial dealings influence the evidence those witnesses give. In no circumstances should such payment be conditional on the outcome of a trial. *111) Any payment or offer of payment made to a person later cited to give evidence in proceedings must be disclosed to the prosecution and defence. The witness must be advised of this requirement. 16 *Payment to criminals i) Payment or offers of payment for stories, pictures or information, which seek to exploit a particular crime or to glorify or glamorise crime in general, must not be made directly or via agents to convicted or confessed criminals or to their associates — who may include family, friends and colleagues. ii) Editors invoking the public interest to justify payment or offers would need to demonstrate that there was good reason to believe the public interest would be served. If, despite payment, no public interest emerged, then the material should not be published. Ross Gow Managing Partner ACUITY a Limited Mobile Tel acuityreputation.con <a Sent from my iPad On 10 Mar 2011, at 16:41, GMAX | sd wrote: Actually school means university in the states. I think probably best not to get into the legality or not of sexual activity of young people and nor is it relevant to JE case as he was in his late 40’s at the time of this story..the headline is deliberately wrong..school adults would have been accurate.. On 3/10/11 3:16 AM, "Brian Basham" <j wrote: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030223