Appeal to name Sara Sharif’s family court judges – BBC News
‘A bid to name the judges involved in Sara Sharif’s family court proceedings before she was killed will be heard at the Court of Appeal.’
BBC News, 19th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: anonymity
Anonymity orders: putting the genie back in the bottle? – Quarterly Medical Law Review
‘PMC -v- A Local Health Board [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB). Nicklin J provides guidance on when and how to seek orders for anonymity and/or reporting restrictions.’
Quarterly Medical Law Review, 3rd December 2024
Source: 1corqmlr.com
Are anonymity orders involving protected parties in peril? – 7BR
‘The very detailed judgment citing the extensive caselaw in this area in the case of PMC (a child by his mother and litigation friend FLR) v A Local Health Board on 22nd November 2024 [2024] EWHC 2969 (KB) could have very important implications for what solicitors should do when issuing proceedings and particularly those proceedings involving protected parties.’
7BR, 29th November 2024
Source: www.7br.co.uk
Balancing Open Justice and Privacy: A Case Study on Taxpayer Anonymity in the Upper Tribunal – 33 Bedford Row
‘HMRC v The Taxpayer (Appellant) and Times Media Limtied and News Group Newspapers Limited and PA Media Tax Policy Associates Limited (Third Parties) [2024] UKUT 00364 (TCC). This case concerns an application for taxpayer anonymity in the Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber). The taxpayer, who had initially appealed against HMRC’s denial of certain tax deductions, sought to keep their identity confidential during the proceedings and in the final decision. This request was opposed by HMRC and several media organizations, including Times Media Limited and News Group Newspapers Limited.’
33 Bedford Row, 22nd November 2024
Source: www.33bedfordrow.co.uk
Officers on trial over shooting suspects to get anonymity – BBC News
‘Firearms officers facing trial over shooting suspects are to be given anonymity unless they are convicted, under reforms announced by the home secretary.’
BBC News, 23rd October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Limits on anonymity – Law & Religion UK
‘In UK courts and elsewhere, it is sometimes necessary to introduce an element of anonymity into the proceedings and their reporting, as in the consistory court judgment Re St. Margaret Ormesby [2024] ECC Nor 5 where, unusually, one of the petitioners expressed concerns on aspects of the judgment which might become known to the joint applicant. Additionally, the “medical harm” criterion of Re Blagdon was considered.’
Law & Religion UK, 30th September 2024
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
Why we don’t know what’s going on in family courts – Transparency Project
‘We hear a lot about ‘secret’ family courts because of reporting restrictions and family privacy, but there is more to genuine transparency than holding processes out in the open. To understand how a system is operating we need information based on reliable data across that system.’
Transparency Project, 14th August 2024
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
Why did a judge name Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana?
‘Under Section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, minors facing criminal charges have an automatic right to anonymity in a youth court. Judges will also impose reporting restrictions for most cases heard in an adult court if the defendant is under 18.’
The Independent, 1st August 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Judge lifts anonymity in family court judgment involving Premier League footballer – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A judge has taken the unusual step of publishing an unanonymised and unredacted family court judgment involving Premier League footballer and England vice-captain Kyle Walker – after concluding that to anonymise or redact the judgment would have opened the court to ridicule.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st July 2024
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Dentons’ breach of AML rules was “inadvertent” – Legal Futures
‘A breach of the anti-money laundering (AML) rules by Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, was “inadvertent” and did not amount to professional misconduct, the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has ruled.’
Legal Futures, 24th June 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Teenager detained for life for murdering boy, 15 – BBC News
‘A 15-year-old boy who murdered Leeds teenager Alfie Lewis in a knife attack outside a primary school has been detained for life with a minimum term of 13 years.’
BBC News, 21st June 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Wolverhampton guilty verdicts raise issue of naming child killers – The Guardian
‘Some believe naming convicted children acts as deterrent, while others say it could glorify horrific acts.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge allows reporting of case where DNA tests established that three abandoned babies were full sibliings – Local Government Lawyer
‘A newborn baby abandoned in Newham, East London, has been found – following DNA testing – to be the third child abandoned by the same parents.’
Local Government Lawyer, 6th June 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Premier League club boss wins anonymity in child sex abuse civil case – BBC News
‘A Premier League boss has been granted a High Court anonymity order in a civil case against him for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.’
BBC News, 9th May 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Legal row could finally force mystery artist Banksy to reveal his real name – The Guardian
‘Two art collectors are taking legal action against artist over his ‘refusal’ to confirm the authenticity of one of his famous images.’
The Guardian, 9th March 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
Redaction of names of junior civil servants in judicial review proceedings – Local Government Lawyer
‘In a unanimous judgment, the Court of Appeal has dismissed the government’s appeal of a High Court judgment which proscribed the government’s practice of routinely redacting the names of junior civil servants when supplying disclosure in judicial review proceedings. Christian Grierson and Jonathan Blunden analyse the judgment.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Redacting names of junior civil servants in disclosed documents does not fulfil duty of candour, Court of Appeal finds – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has found the practice of Government departments redacting the names of junior civil servants when disclosed is “inimical to open government” and does not fulfil the duty of candour.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Brianna Ghey: Why teenagers who killed her can be named – BBC News
‘Two teenagers who murdered 16-year-old Brianna Ghey after devising a “kill list” of children to target will be named for the first time today.’
BBC News, 2nd February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
