tom boadle tweeted. .. let's discuss this issue of whether there should be more tv tv cameras allowed in british courts with the legal commentator joshua rosenberg, who, of course, spent 15 years as the bbc�*s legal correspondent. thank you so much for coming on newswatch, joshua. hello, samira. just remind us, where are cameras currently allowed in courts? in england and wales you can have some appeals televised, but you don't have trials televised. there's one exception, which is that it's now possible to broadcast the sentencing remarks of a judge in a criminal trial by advance arrangement. but normally, any criminal trial, any civil claim like the one involving prince harry, is closed to cameras in england and wales. in scotalnd, it is possible with the consent of everybody involved in the case, but that's very rarely arranged. do you think it now seems bizarre that we're still in cases relying on, you know, those court sketches, or in the case of the sky news, hiring an actor hollywood style, to perfor

tom boadle tweeted. ..ish courts with the legal commentator joshua rosenberg, who, of course, spent 15 years as the bbc�*s legal correspondent. thank you so much for coming on newswatch, joshua. hello, samira. just remind us, where are cameras currently allowed in courts? in england and wales you can have some appeals televised, but you don't have trials televised. there's one exception, which is that it's now possible to broadcast the sentencing remarks of a judge in a criminal trial by advance arrangement. but normally, any criminal trial, any civil claim like the one involving prince harry, is closed to cameras in england and wales. in scotalnd, it is possible with the consent of everybody involved in the case, but that's very rarely arranged. do you think it now seems bizarre that we're still in cases relying on, you know, those court sketches, or in the case of the sky news, hiring an actor hollywood style, to perform the words? it should be possible to extend the range of cases that can be televised.

tom boadle tweeted. .. prince harry, is closed to cameras in england and wales. in scotland, it is possible with the consent of everybody involved in the case, but that's very rarely arranged. do you think it now seems bizarre that we're still in cases relying on, you know, those court sketches, or in the case of the sky news, hiring an actor hollywood style, to perform the words? it should be possible to extend the range of cases that can be televised. so, for example, judicial review claims against the government — there's one coming up being brought by the government against the hallet inquiry involving covid—19 — that should be televised, no problem at all. the view taken by the judges is that where there are witnesses involved, it's difficult enough giving evidence in court in the first place, but the idea that people might be able to watch your evidence and talk too, overnight if, as happened in the case of prince harry, your evidence extends over a second day. you know, you go home and somebody goes,