The Weekly Law Reports
[2021] 1 WLR 2900
Court of Appeal
*Newman v Southampton City Council and others
[2021] EWCA Civ 437
2021 March 4; 25
Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, Macur, King LJJ
Practice— Documents— Access to court file— Journalist seeking access to documents relating to concluded care proceedings— Mother consenting to release of all documents sought— Judge granting more limited access than that sought by journalist— Whether sufficient weight given to mother’s consent— Whether journalist’s right to freedom of expression outweighing mother and child’s rights to respect for private life—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10