Some readers may recall that in June 2018 the Court of Justice issued a press release, to the effect that, in keeping with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Court had taken the following decision: Continue reading
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This is the second part of a two part post considering the report of the House of Commons Justice Committee on “Open justice: court reporting in the digital age”. The Part One the post can be found here. Continue reading
Over the past few years – especially in the first year of COVID-19 and the emergency move to remote proceedings – it was frustrating to witness bold claims about the provision of access to court hearings and reporters’ rights when the evidence on the ground was that reporters and other observers were having difficulties entering courts and accessing virtual hearings. Continue reading
A potential claimant who wishes to seek permission to issue proceedings anonymously (“an anonymity order”) in the KBD should do so at the same time as issuing the claim form and not before, according to the most recent edition of the King’s Bench Guide. Continue reading
On 1 November 2021, three days after the publication of the President’s Report on Transparency, Mostyn J handed down judgment in a case called BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87; [2022] 1 WLR 1349. This has turned out to be the first in a series of six judgments in which Mostyn J has rewritten the rules governing the reporting of financial remedies cases in the family courts described in Part One of this article. Continue reading
In 2015 Mostyn J commented, “To say that the law about the ability of the press to report ancillary relief proceedings which they are allowed to observe is a mess would be a serious understatement”: Appleton v Gallagher [2015] EWHC 2689 (Fam); [2016] EMLR 3, at [6]. Continue reading
The Legal Education Foundation has published a report about the collection, use and commercial exploitation of data from the justice system, focusing in particular on the new judgments database set up by The National Archives earlier this year. It reveals both a lack of public awareness and a surprising level of public concern over the re-use of such data by third parties, and recommends more transparency in how such data is managed. Continue reading
Last year, the High Court made the decision that the late Prince Philip’s will should be “sealed up” for a period of 90 years, preventing anyone finding out who he had left his estate to. The decision was made by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, in his capacity as Head of Probate. Continue reading
A new “Reporters’ Charter” outlining the rights and responsibilities of court reporters has been launched to boost transparency in the justice system, according an announcement by HM Courts and Tribunals Service. Continue reading
A cheery post on the HM Courts and Tribunals Service blog recently announced that developers were now working on on Making hearing lists more accessible to court and tribunal users This is long overdue. HMCTS has had court listings on its list, as it were, ever since it began its massive £1bn+ modernisation and digitisation programme back in 2016. Continue reading
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