(Family Court, Mostyn J, 13 June 2022)
Financial remedy proceedings – Open justice – Reporting restrictions order – Anonymity order – Application for RRO preventing disclosure of private and commercially sensitive material – Application for anonymity order to prevent identification of parties to the proceedings, their children and the husband's business interests.
The judge granted a reporting restriction order which prohibited only: the naming of the minor children, the publication of photographs of them, identification of their schools or the place where they live; the reporting of the content of the advice of jointly-instructed tax counsel and the court’s consequential calculations of the value to be taken of certain potential tax liabilities of the husband; and the reporting of the advice given to the husband of the risks he faces in the Irish litigation and the court’s consequent calculation of the amount of potential damages to be taken into account.
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Case No: LV20D03547
IN THE FAMILY COURT
MR JUSTICE MOSTYN
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Brid Angela Gallagher
Applicant
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Simon Webster QC and Phillip Blatchly (instructed by Hall Brown) for the respondent (the applicant for a reporting restriction order) (“the husband”)
Jonathan Southgate QC and Petra Teacher (instructed by Rayden Solicitors) for the applicant (the respondent to the husband’s application) (“the wife”)
Brian Farmer addressed the court on behalf of the Press Association
Hearing dates: 21, 23, 25, 27 May 2022
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Judgment Approved by the court
for handing down
Judgment: Gallagher (No 1) (Reporting Restrictions) [2022] EWFC 52
