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Open Justice Principle

Date:30 SEP 2015
Solicitor Advocate
Questions for the family courts

What have the following got to do with the open justice principle ('OJP') and with each other:
Each I would say would benefit enormously from adherence by the family courts (ie Family Court and Family Division of the High Court - that is those courts subject to Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010)) to the basic common law principle of OJP (as explained by the Court of Appeal in R (ota Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court (Article 19 intervening) [2012] EWCA Civ...

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