Section 22Part 4 — Miscellaneous
Common law anonymity orders: appeals
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Where the Court of Appeal is considering an appeal against a conviction in criminal proceedings in a case where the trial ended before the commencement of this Law and the court from which the appeal lies made a common law anonymity order in relation to a witness at the trial, the Court of Appeal —
may not treat the conviction as unsafe solely on the ground that the trial court had no power at common law to make the order; and
shall treat the conviction as unsafe if it considers —
that the order was not one that the trial court could have made if this Law had been in force at the material time; and
that, as a result of the order, the defendant did not receive a fair trial.