The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 456
Chancery Division
HRH Duchess of Sussex v Associated Newspapers Ltd
[2020] EWHC 2160 (Ch)
2020 July 29; Aug 5
Warby J
Practice— Documents— Supply from court records— Claimant responding to request for further information and attaching confidential schedule to response— Defendant newspaper group wishing to publish information from confidential schedule— Claimant applying for order that information from confidential schedule to be used only for purpose of proceedings— Defendant opposing application on ground that response to request for further information including schedule constituting “statement of case” and open to anyone from court records— Defendant also contending that confidentiality argument not justifiable derogation from open justice principle— Whether schedule to response to request for further information “statement of case”— Balance of competing interests of confidentiality and open justice— Whether application to be granted—
CPR
rr 2.3(1), 5.4C(1)(a), 18