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An open or shut case? – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 1st, 2016 in anonymity, appeals, families, media, mental health, murder, news, parole, public interest, reporting restrictions, Supreme Court, victims by tracey

‘R(C) v. Secretary of State for Justice [2016] UKSC 2. When is it right to keep the names of parties to litigation a secret? That was the difficult question the Supreme Court had to grapple with in this judgment, handed down on Wednesday. The decision to allow a double-murderer to remain anonymous led to outraged headlines in the tabloids. Yet the Court reached the unanimous conclusion that this was the right approach. Why?.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 29th January 2016

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Court of Protection prepares to open up – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted January 29th, 2016 in Court of Protection, media, pilot schemes, press releases, reporting restrictions by tracey

‘A pilot scheme begins today which will see the public and media gain access to Court of Protection hearings across England and Wales for the first time.’

Full press release

Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 29th January 2016

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

Thalidomide 50 years on: ‘Justice has never been done and it burns away’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 7th, 2016 in compensation, health, media, medicines, news, reporting restrictions, victims by sally

‘It has been more than half a century since the thalidomide scandal, but Martin Fletcher finds that the victims’ fight for compensation is far from over.’

Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2016

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Court of protection extends ban on naming woman in right-to-die case – The Guardian

Posted December 10th, 2015 in anonymity, assisted suicide, media, news, public interest, reporting restrictions by sally

‘A legal ban preventing identification of a 50-year-old mother who died after refusing lifesaving kidney treatment has been extended by the court of protection.’

The Guardian, 9th December 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

That’s Entertainment? The Anonymity of Arrestees and the Law – Doughty Street

Posted December 9th, 2015 in anonymity, bills, contempt of court, criminal justice, defamation, disclosure, freedom of expression, human rights, inquiries, media, murder, news, police, privacy, reporting restrictions, sexual offences, teachers by sally

‘Last week, The Mirror reported that John Leslie was being questioned by police in connection with an alleged sexual assault. The report contained photographs of the police with evidence bags outside Leslie’s house. The Mirror reminded its readers of allegations made against the former TV presenter in 2002 and 2008. This the most recent example of media reports concerning allegations of sexual offences involving public figures.’

Doughty Street, 2nd December 2015

Source: www.doughtystreet.co.uk

Ban media from naming sex abuse suspects before charge, says top lawyer – The Guardian

Posted October 21st, 2015 in anonymity, media, news, police, rape, reporting restrictions, select committees, sexual offences by sally

‘A former top prosecutor has said parliament should pass a law banning the media from naming suspects in sex abuse cases until they are charged.’

The Guardian, 20th October 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Lord chief justice: security services cannot be above the law – The Guardian

Posted October 13th, 2015 in appeals, Crown Prosecution Service, intelligence services, media, news, private hearings, reporting restrictions, rule of law, terrorism, trials by tracey

‘The accountability of MI5 and MI6 and the question of whether they are fully subject to the rule of law lie at the heart of attempts by the media to sweep away the secrecy surrounding a major terrorism trial, the lord chief justice said on Monday. In a series of remarks that disclosed publicly for the first time the role that the UK’s security and intelligence agencies played in imposing secrecy on the trial of Erol Incedal, a London law student, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd told the court of appeal that public confidence in the way they do their work was a key issue in the case.’

The Guardian, 12th October 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Finance & Divorce Update October 2015 – Family Law Week

Posted October 12th, 2015 in appeals, confidentiality, consultations, costs, disclosure, divorce, enforcement, families, family courts, fees, financial dispute resolution, financial provision, jurisdiction, Law Commission, legal services, media, news, privacy, reporting restrictions, statistics by tracey

‘Edward Heaton, Principal Associate and Jane Booth, Associate, both of Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during September 2015.’

Family Law Week, 11th October 2015

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

DL v SL – WLR Daily

Posted October 2nd, 2015 in divorce, family courts, law reports, privacy, reporting restrictions by tracey

DL v SL: [2015] EWHC 2621 (Fam); [2015] WLR (D) 391

‘FPR r 27.10 incorporated a strong starting point or presumption, which should not be derogated from unless there was a compelling reason, that ancillary relief proceedings should be heard in private. The law concerning the presence of the media in such proceedings, contained in FPR r 27.11 and Practice Direction PD27B: Attendance of Media Representatives at Hearings in Family Proceedings, was to enable the press to be the eyes and ears of the public so as to ensure that the case was conducted fairly and to enable the public to be educated in an abstract and general way about the processes that were deployed, but did not extend to breaching the privacy of the parties in those proceedings that Parliament had given to them.’

WLR Daily, 27th July 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Privacy in Financial Remedies Proceedings – Family Law Week

Posted October 2nd, 2015 in divorce, family courts, news, privacy, public interest, reporting restrictions by tracey

‘David Bedingfield, barrister, 4 Paper Buildings, considers conflicting judicial attitudes to the vexed question of rights to privacy in financial remedies proceedings.’

Family Law Week, 1st October 2015

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Judge criticises ‘chaotic’ rules on media coverage of divorce disputes – The Guardian

Posted September 29th, 2015 in divorce, injunctions, judges, media, news, regulations, reporting restrictions by sally

‘Regulations concerning media reporting of how divorcing couples divide up their disputed assets are chaotic, a senior family court judge has acknowledged.’

The Guardian, 28th September 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Gallagher-Appleton divorce triggers dispute over family court reporting – The Guardian

Posted September 23rd, 2015 in divorce, family courts, news, public interest, reporting restrictions by sally

‘The courtroom divorce battle between Liam Gallagher and Nicole Appleton has triggered a landmark legal dispute over what can be reported in the public’s interest from the family courts.’

The Guardian, 22nd September 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court of Protection Update (September 2015) – Family Law Week

Posted September 17th, 2015 in Court of Protection, family courts, news, practice directions, reporting restrictions by tracey

‘Sally Bradley and Julia Townend, barristers of 4 Paper Buildings, focus on the applicable law and procedure pertaining to reporting restriction orders in the Court of Protection generally and further to the recent judgment in A Healthcare NHS Trust v P & Q.’

Family Law Week, 16th September 2015

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Permanent Anonymity and Restricted Reporting Orders – Littleton Chambers

Posted July 25th, 2015 in anonymity, employment tribunals, news, reporting restrictions by sally

‘The ET has the power to order that the identity of individuals named in proceedings be permanently anonymised in any judgment. This power has been expressly embodied in rule 50(3)(b) of the Tribunal Rules of Procedure 2013, although before this rule came into force a similar power already existed, to safeguard an individual’s rights under the European Convention of Human Rights: see F v G [2012] ICR 246.’

Littleton Chambers, 23rd July 2015

Source: www.littletonchambers.com

Greater Transparency in Children Proceedings: A Note of Caution – Family Law week

Posted July 10th, 2015 in anonymity, children, family courts, media, news, privacy, public interest, reporting restrictions by tracey

‘Tom Wilson, pupil barrister at 1 Garden Court Family Law Chambers, examines the arguments in favour of greater transparency in the family justice system but sounds a note of caution.’

Family Law Week, 9th July 2015

Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk

Council secures lifelong reporting restrictions order in favour of 17-year-old – Local Government Lawyer

Posted July 3rd, 2015 in anonymity, child abuse, injunctions, local government, news, reporting restrictions, victims, young persons by tracey

‘Birmingham City Council has secured a lifelong reporting restrictions order (RRO) in favour of a 17-year-old woman, AB, who was sexually exploited by ten respondents to the proceedings.’

Local Government Lawyer, 2nd July 2015

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Secret prosecution of terrorism suspect raises ‘difficult constitutional issues’ – The Guardian

Posted July 2nd, 2015 in anonymity, appeals, closed material, constitutional law, Crown Prosecution Service, explosives, judges, media, news, public interest, reporting restrictions, terrorism by sally

‘The decisions that led to a terrorism suspect being prosecuted in conditions of almost unprecedented secrecy raise “really difficult constitutional issues” about the independence of prosecutors from government, the head of the judiciary in England and Wales warned on Wednesday.’

The Guardian, 1st July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court of Protection: Press will still need judge’s permission to attend hearings – The Independent

Posted June 29th, 2015 in Court of Protection, news, reporting restrictions by sally

‘Cases heard at Britain’s most secretive court will remain largely closed to public scrutiny after the Government decided not to change the law which obliges the media to apply in advance if they would like to attend.’

The Independent, 26th June 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Mother and son missing after custody ruling in Bristol – The Guardian

Posted June 10th, 2015 in child abduction, contempt of court, custody, news, perjury, reporting restrictions by sally

‘Judge takes exceptional step of lifting reporting restrictions to help find Rebecca and Ethan Minnock and reunite three-year-old with his father.’

The Guardian, 9th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Reporting Restrictions in the Criminal Courts – Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Posted May 7th, 2015 in courts, criminal justice, female genital mutilation, media, news, reporting restrictions, tribunals, young persons by sally

‘A fourth updated set of guidelines on open justice and reporting restrictions in the criminal courts is published today by the Judicial College, News Media Association (NMA), Society of Editors and the Media Lawyers Association. The new edition covers the new reporting restrictions applying to under 18 year olds, which came into force last month, the Female Genital Mutilation anonymity provisions which came into force this month and other changes relevant to reporting the work of the criminal courts.’

Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 6th May 2015

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

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