(Family Division, Judd J DBE, 28 January 2022)
Family proceedings – Reporting restrictions order – Child’s parents charged with murder of sibling - Local authority applying for reporting restrictions order to protect identity of child - Application opposed by several media organisations.
The court held, balancing competing rights under art 8 and 10 of the ECHR, that the application to prohibit reporting of the names of either of the parents or of the deceased in the criminal proceedings had to be refused.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2022] EWHC 320 (Fam) Case No: ZC20C00333
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 28.01.2022
Before :
THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE JUDD DBE
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Between :
A London Borough
Applicant
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B
R
G (a child)
Respondent
and
British Broadcasting Corporation
Times Newspapers Limited
Independent Television News Limited
Associated Newspspers Ltd PA Media Ltd
Interested Parties
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Nick Goodwin QC (instructed by the local authority solicitor) for the Applicant
Joanne Brown (instructed by CG Family Law) for the 3rd Respondent
Richard Jones (instructed by Hanne and Co ) for 4th Respondent Jack Harrison (instructed by Miles and Partners) for the child for the 1st Respondent
Jude Bunting (instructed by the 1st – 4th interested parties) Brian Farmer (in person, for the 5th interested party)
Hearing dates: 28th January 2022
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Approved Judgment
I direct that no official shorthand note shall be taken of this Judgment and that copies of this version as handed down may be treated as authentic.
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THE HONOURABLE MRS JUSTICE JUDD DBE
This judgment was delivered in private. The judge has given leave for this version of the judgment to be published on condition that (irrespective of what is contained in the judgment) in any published version of the judgment the anonymity of the children and members of their family must be strictly preserved. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that this condition is strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
Judgment: B R & G (A Child) [2022] EWHC 320 (Fam)
