The WLR Daily case summaries
[2020] WLR(D) 473
Family Division
Newman v Southampton County Council and others
[2020] EWHC 2103 (Fam)
2020 August 5
Roberts J
Confidential information— Disclosure— Access to court file— Journalist seeking disclosure of material relating to concluded care proceedings— Mother consenting to release of all documents— Whether mother able to consent on behalf of child— Whether consent determinative of issue of disclosure— Whether limited disclosure in redacted form appropriate— Whether interference with competing Convention rights proportionate—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 8, 10