Australia, July 9 -- New South Wales Land and Environment Court issued text of the following judgement:
Following a trial by jury, the appellants, Paul Burton and Andrew Katelaris, were each convicted of offences of either publishing or broadcasting the name of a child with respect to whom proceedings before the Children's Court had been brought, contrary to s 105(2) of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW) (the Act). In early 2017, the appellants became associated with the parents of CWS, a four-year-old child. In May 2017, CWS was removed from the care of his parents pursuant to an order made by a delegate of the Secretary of the Department of Family and Community Services. Proceedings in respect of CWS were...