Tag Archives: open justice
When can you sue under a disguised name?
In what circumstances can a claimant in civil litigation commence proceedings under a pseudonym? We are familiar with alphabetised claimants in injunction cases who seek anonymity on grounds that the purpose of their proceedings would otherwise be defeated: if the … read more
Parliamentary committee reports on privacy
The Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions has reported. Click here for a link to the full report. The most important recommendations of the committee, which was set up last year and has taken evidence from a wide variety of … read more
Reporting the family courts – new guide published
A valuable guide has just been published which sets out the law governing access to, and reporting of, the family courts. It has been written by the media law barristers Adam Wolanski and Kate Wilson. The document, available free of charge … read more
A digest of recent news (1) – UK judgments
For one reason and another, the blog has been unable to report on much of the recent news. This entry is an attempt to remedy the situation. Normal service should be resumed shortly. UK court judgments MJN v News Group A … read more
Super Injunctions: committee reporting soon
By the end of this month we expect the committee investigating super injunctions to publish its report. The committee is chaired by the Master of Rolls, Lord Neuberger, who has said in a recent speech that he expects his report … read more
Forced sterilisation case heard in public
On 15 February 2011 Hedley J ordered that a case proceeding in the Court of Protection which featured medical information of the highest sensitivity should be held in open court. The Court of Protection normally hears such cases in private. … read more
Supreme Court welcomes Twitter
The use of Twitter is now officially sanctioned in the Supreme Court. In a previous posting we discussed the Lord Chief Justice’s guidance on the use of Twitter in other courts open to the public. That guidance envisaged an application … read more
Shock decision: sportsman not unmasked
The identity of the sportsman officially known as JIH remains confidential. Those newspapers hoping to unmask him in the event that the Court of Appeal upheld the decision of Tugendhat J have had to content themselves with short court reports accompanied … read more
Blanket reporting restriction set aside by Court of Appeal
The Court of Appeal has discharged an order the effect of which would have been to postpone the reporting of an important criminal case for several months. The case relates to the shocking murder of a 15-year-old boy last year … read more
A mass outbreak of anonymity: CDE and FGH v MGN and LMN
It is not unusual for claimants in privacy cases to be anonymised. It is less common for defendants and distinctly unusual for non-parties. The effect of Eady J’s order in CDE v MGN [2010] EWHC 3308 is that we do … read more
