Media Access to the Family Courts: A Guide to the New Rules and their Application

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Media Access to the Family Courts A Guide to the New Rules and their Application

By Iain Goldrein QC
Family Law LexisNexis September 2009

Specifications

ISBN-13
9781846612008
Publisher
Family Law LexisNexis
Publication
September 2009
Format
Paperback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Rule changes came into force in 2009 which allows media representatives to attend most family proceedings.


Rule changes came into force on 27 April 2009 which allows media representatives to attend most family proceedings. They also provide that the court can exclude such representatives from all (or part) of individual hearings for reasons set out in the relevant Practice Direction.
Media Access to the Family Courts: A Guide to the New Rules and their Application provides an essential examination of the extent of these reforms and analyses how they should operate in practice. Representations to the court are made orally and usually without notice. Thus immediate access to the relevant source material is critical for both lawyers and the media. This is an essential guide for the judiciary (including magistracy, justices' clerks, legal advisers), barristers, solicitors, and the Press.

Table of Contents

  • What has Changed?
  • What has not Changed?
  • Sources
  • Policy Background to the New Rules
  • Issues Arising Within the Framework Provided by the Amended Rules
  • ‘Specified Grounds' and the Making of Representations as to Media Access
  • Checklist for Authenticity of Media Representatives?
  • What is the Position vis à vis Adoption and Placement Hearings?
  • The Overriding Statutory Regime as to Reporting Cases in the Family Courts
  • How are the Child's Interests Protected after the End of a Hearing?
  • The Law Relating to Disclosure and Guidance from the President of the Family Division 
Appendices
  • Source Material
  • Foundation Dicta flowing from Clibbery v Allan
  • Family Courts - Reporting Restrictions
  • Easy Access Guide to Cases set out in Appendix 5
  • Cases Having a Bearing on What Is and Is Not to be Reported
  • Cases referred to by Lord Steyn in Re S (Identification: Restrictions on Publication)
  • Example of a Judicial Balancing Exercise
  • Recent Case Law
  • Standard Form Press/Publicity Orders

About the Author

Iain Goldrein QC, prolific writer on numerous legal topics and General Editor of Child Case Management (Family Law)

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"This guide sets out all the relevant sources clearly, comprehensively and, perhaps uniquely" 
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