Cases

Norfolk County Council v Webster & Others

Comment

A striking decision in favour of open justice in the family division, the judgment contains more warnings against the “strong inherited convention of privacy” in family proceedings. The public interest in maintaining the confidence of the public at large in the family justice system weighed heavily in this particular case, especially as allegations of miscarriage of justice had been made in a case where the parents faced the draconian sanction of forcible adoption of their fourth child. Unprecedently, media access to forthcoming care proceedings was granted.

Areas of work

Human Rights
Media Law
Privacy and Confidence
Reporting the Courts

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