The Court of Appeal has made a last-ditch ruling that the widely-awaited Mazur challenge will not be live streamed on the web.
In a transmission direction order handed down on Friday, the court ruled that anyone wishing to observe the submissions remotely must request permission to do so. The order was made by the master of the rolls Sir Geoffrey Vos, chancellor of the High Court Sir Colin Birss and Lady Justice Andrews, who are hearing the appeal.
The proceedings had been expected to be shown on the Court of Appeal YouTube channel – as many of the court's hearings are – but Mazur is being treated differently.
Unexpectedly, the court order stated that the level of public interest was the reason for imposing an extra barrier.