Following an earlier consultation, there has been a comprehensive rewriting of the rules of court dealing with the procedure to be adopted in relation to contempt of court. We summarise the key changes. … Continue reading
David Burrows considers the life cycle and status of the humble practice direction. … Continue reading
David Burrows considers recent cases which test the open justice principle by reference to court documents and potentially confidential information. … Continue reading
David Burrows considers and compares recent cases on confidentiality and expectations of privacy for those under criminal investigation… Continue reading
David Burrows considers the ‘implied undertaking’ not to release or otherwise pass on documents disclosed under compulsion in family law proceedings and whether the same rules apply as in civil proceedings… Continue reading
David Burrows considers the legality of court rules that frustrate the common law on open justice and proposes a more transparent approach to hearings concerning domestic abuse… Continue reading
David Burrows reviews legal developments relating to open justice in the context of family law over the last year.… Continue reading
His Honour Nicholas Chambers QC explains the purpose of a recent talk given at Brick Court Chambers on the future of judge-led conciliation. … Continue reading
David Burrows discusses public hearings and private advice in the context of the cases that define and explain the law in these areas.… Continue reading
When retired judge Peter Murphy invited Baroness Hale of Richmond to write the foreword to his latest collection of comic stories about a fictitious judge, he can have little thought that one of the fictional cases she would be introducing might have striking parallels with a real one coming before the Supreme Court.… Continue reading