(Family Division, MacDonald J, 28 July 2017)
Publicity and reporting – Art 10, European Convention – Online petition – Whether the parents should be compelled to remove petition from website
The local authority application for an injunction compelling the parents to remove an online petition was refused.
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Neutral Citation Number: [2017] EWHC 1949 (Fam)
Case No: FD7P00295
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FAMILY DIVISION
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Date: 28/07/2017
Before:
THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE MACDONALD
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Between:
Southend Borough Council
Applicant
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CO
First Respondent
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DW
Second Respondent
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Ms Sarah Duxbury (instructed by the Local Authority Solicitor) for the Applicant
The First and Second Respondents appeared in person
Hearing date: 6 July 2017
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Judgment Approved
MR JUSTICE MACDONALD
This judgment was delivered in private. The Judge has given permission for this anonymised version of the judgment (and any of the facts and matters contained in it) to be published on condition always that the names and the addresses of the parties and the children must not be published. For the avoidance of doubt, the strict prohibition on publishing the names and addresses of the parties and the children will continue to apply where that information has been obtained by using the contents of this judgment to discover information already in the public domain. All persons, including representatives of the media, must ensure that these conditions are strictly complied with. Failure to do so will be a contempt of court.
Judgment: Southend Borough Council v CO and DW [2017] EWHC 1949 (Fam).rtf
