Tweeting from courtroom impresses Nova Scotia top judge

A top judge in Nova Scotia says he is surprised at the positive impact live-tweeting inside the courtroom has had after the province’s judiciary recently relaxed the rules on the use of Twitter in the courts.
Chief Justice Joseph Kennedy of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court allowed reporters to live-tweet proceedings during the trial of Lyle Howe, a Halifax lawyer convicted of sexual assault.
“I couldn’t get over how well it had worked,” Kennedy said in an interview, describing it as the closest thing to gavel-to-gavel coverage he has seen.
“I didn’t think it was going to be as accurate as it turned out to be. I have to say that I was very impressed.
“I’d come back (to my office) occasionally and go on the computer after I’d been to the courtroom — I’d tell my colleagues that I used to have to come back here to find out what happened,” he said, kidding.
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