It has been many years since I last did any court reporting and I remember the scramble to get out of court and either get to the court press room or recover your mobile from security.  Recording devices like cameras and microphones are banned in UK courts.

Have things changed at all? Would it be OK for a reporter to follow this American example and (from the brilliant Spokesman Review – the paper which practically invented the open newsroom)  tweet progress – presumably using a mobile phone?