HM Solicitor General v Trudi Ann Warner: Climate Justice or a Contemnor’s Charter?

In Solicitor General v Trudi Ann Warner [2024] EWHC 918 (KB), it was alleged that the Defendant, a climate activist, had committed contempt of court by holding up a placard outside Inner London Crown Court, reading:

“JURORS YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO ACQUIT A DEFENDANT ACCORDING TO YOUR CONSCIENCE”.

It was said that, in doing so, she had intended to interfere with the administration of justice, by influencing jurors to acquit other climate change activists on trial for public nuisance, regardless of directions given by the trial judge.

In this article, Rory Mulchrone considers the judgment and its import.

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