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Family proceedings: the ‘open court principle’

by David Burrows | Dec 20, 2014 | Analysis, Comment

Amongst family judges it has become quite the rage to open up your court and welcome in – well, probably a few lonely souls and a couple of local journalists, limited to those cases where a parent has been sounding off on Facebook or trying to take a child from...
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