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PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – Authority’s investigation meeting into applicant’s employment relationship problem adjourned part heard – No determination on matter issued - Respondent’s counsel informed Authority television reporter contacted respondent and told it that applicant, witnesses, and family had given interviews in respect of issues before Authority – Respondent considered matter sub judice – Sought direction whether respondent’s spokesperson could speak to reporter about issues before Authority or whether remarks should only be of general nature – Necessary to make clear Authority’s position on acceptable media reporting of this employment relationship problem – Matter of urgency – Authority exercised power to follow such procedure as it considered appropriate – Print, television or radio interviews with people who had given or were to give evidence could be published or broadcast only after determination on merits issued – Direct reporting by media of evidence given during investigation meeting otherwise permissible, and to be carried out in accordance with legal and ethical obligations of media representatives reporting on civil proceedings in a court – Filming, photography or sound recordings in meeting room, or its immediate vicinity, while investigation meeting continuing could be carried out provided Authority’s approval obtained in advance |