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The High Court allowed publication of care judgments, anonymising only the child RR and her father, and varied the Transparency Order accordingly.
Blackpool Borough Council v RR & Ors [2026] EWHC 1100 (Fam) (14 May 2026)
The court ruled on publication and anonymisation in care proceedings, ordering publication of the judgments with only RR and her father anonymised.
Permission is granted for disclosure of the judgment and order dated 28 February 2025 to the relevant Police conduct authority for both professional conduct review and respondent complaints, but not for wider disclosure of all case papers. Publication of this judgment is permitted, but only in anonymised form to protect the integrity of the police investigation and the parties' privacy.
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X v Y (Rev1) [2025] EWFC 237 (B) (31 July 2025)
The Family Court allowed disclosure of an earlier judgment to police conduct bodies, refused wider disclosure of all papers, and permitted publication only in anonymised form.
E (A Child), Re (Disclosure to Regulator & Naming of a Witness in a Judgment) [2025] EWFC 423 (16 July 2025)
The Family Court ordered publication of a fact-finding judgment in anonymised form, allowed disclosure to a therapist’s regulator and employers, and held that the therapist should be named.
Given the short marriage but the presence of a young child, the Applicant’s housing and income needs must be met by a capital lump sum and spousal periodical payments, not by provision of accommodation by the Respondent’s company. The Respondent’s attempt to defeat the Applicant’s claim by executing the Deed of Assignment and Deed of Trust in Company B was a reviewable disposition under s.37 Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 and is set aside. The Applicant’s debts must be paid to enable her to purchase a home. Spousal periodical payments are justified by the needs generated by the child and the App…
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HA v EN [2025] EWHC 48 (Fam) (06 January 2025)
Interim family financial remedy decision granting maintenance pending suit and limited legal services funding, while refusing a novel 'unless' order and ordering anonymisation.
The public interest in publication of the judgment naming the parents outweighs the Article 8 rights of the mother and children, provided the children are not named. The judgment will be published with the parents' names but the children will be identified only by random initials, protecting their privacy while serving open justice and enabling the children to access the court's findings.
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The public interest in open justice and accessible judgments outweighs the parties' expectation of privacy in this arbitration, especially as no specific confidential detriment was identified and the arbitration's existence is already public. Anonymisation of parties and witnesses is rejected; only arbitrators' identities may be temporarily redacted pending their application.
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T (A Child), Re (No.2) (Transparency: Publication of the Party's Names) [2024] EWHC 161 (Fam) (02 February 2024)
The court ordered publication of the judgment naming the parents but anonymising the children, holding the children's privacy outweighed naming them.
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