Cases

A Local Authority v News Group Newspapers Ltd

July 8, 2011

Contra mundum order – report of arrest – vulnerable persons - Article 8 - Article 10

Morgan v A Local Authority (Re X, Y and Z)

May 11, 2011

Family Proceedings – Publicity – Identification of experts – Disclosure of expert reports to media

A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

March 4, 2011

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A (A Child) v Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

March 4, 2011

Open justice - reporting - clinical negligence - child - settlement - approval - Children and Young Persons Act 1933 - section 39 - criteria for order prohibiting identification - order made under section 39 - question is whether sufficient general public interest in a report which identified the claimant to justify any resulting curtailmment of his and  his family's right to respect for private life - no such general interest - risk object of proceedings would be defeated

Allen v The Grimsby Telegraph

March 2, 2011

Injunction - Reporting restrictions - s.11 Contempt of Court Act 1981 - s.4(2) Contempt of Court Act 1981 - Anonymity - Public interest - Freedom of expression

Re Baby RB (Press Injunction)

February 16, 2011

Family proceedings - Reporting restrictions - Article 8 - Article 10

Hirschfeld v McGrath

February 15, 2011

Misuse of private information - Confidentiality - Marital confidences - Injunction - Consent order - Undertakings - Anonymity - Reporting proceedings

Re MGN Ltd

January 25, 2011

Reporting restrictions - Criminal proceedings - Blanket ban on reporting trial - Contempt of Court Act 1981, s.4(2) - Effect of contemporaneous reporting on witnesses at trial