Transparency: An open book?

David Wilkinson argues that the approach of Mostyn J to privacy in financial remedy proceedings in Xanthopoulos overlooks some of the key historical context The thrust of Mostyn J’s argument in Xanthopoulos was that sitting in chambers or in private (as the case may be) has never resulted, and was never intended to result, in …
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Case report: Zeromska-Smith v United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust [2019] EWHC 552 (QB)

Anonymity orders; media; open justice ‘The judge held that, notwithstanding the exploration of intimate details of the claimant’s private and family life, the principle of open justice was not adequately satisfied by only publishing the name of the defendant.’ Martin Spencer J refused an anonymity order in a clinical negligence case in which the claimant …
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Trust litigation: Data control

Robert Pearce QC discusses how the courts treat privacy in trust litigation in our information age ‘In trust litigation, the causes of action are unlikely to have anything to do with privacy, and the parties’ concerns about privacy are likely to centre on the possibility of the media reporting proceedings heard in public, to which …
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