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The Open Justice Principle and access to local authority documents

The Open Justice Principle and access to local authority documents

by reporting watch team | Jan 13, 2026 | Cases, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

A heavily redacted judgment about a BBC application to the Family Court appeared on BAILII and The National Archives (TNA) in December (last month) although it had been delivered a year earlier. We can also see from the number – 421 – that this was allocated by TNA...

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