Victims of sexual servitude offences may be granted non-publication orders protecting their identity, by analogy with the established category of blackmail victims. The categories of recognised exceptions to the principle of open justice are not closed; courts may identify new categories that are closely analogous to established ones and share the same rationale. The finding of power does not mandate the making of orders in every case — the trial judge retains discretion to assess necessity on the evidence.
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