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Sending a mother to prison for contempt of court

by reporting watch team | Aug 14, 2025 | Cases, Court of Protection, FCReportingWatch, Open Reporting

This post by Celia Kitzinger on the Open Justice Court of Protection Project site, ‘Sentencing in contempt proceedings’, is actually a Family Court case. Celia explains why the hearing caught her eye in the lists, how she observed it, and why she has...
Contempt of court by publication of information relating to family (children) proceedings – a simple question without a simple answer

Contempt of court by publication of information relating to family (children) proceedings – a simple question without a simple answer

by Lucy R | Oct 19, 2024 | Comment, Consultations, Explanation, Transparency News

We were asked a ‘simple’ question a while back about the law that protects the privacy around court cases about children. How long does the law preventing people talking about those cases carry on for? Can you say what you like as soon as the case is over? Or does...
THE PRESSING NEED FOR REFORM OF SECTION 12

THE PRESSING NEED FOR REFORM OF SECTION 12

by Guest Post | Oct 19, 2024 | Analysis, Cases, Comment, Consultations, FCReportingWatch, Transparency News

This is a guest post by Sir James Munby, former President of the Family Division. For a summary of the issues raised in this piece please read this post: Contempt of Court by Publication of Information Relating to Family (Children) Proceedings – A Simple...
Griffiths v Tickle (Part 2): the QC who let the skeleton out of the section 12 closet

Griffiths v Tickle (Part 2): the QC who let the skeleton out of the section 12 closet

by Paul M | Apr 10, 2022 | Analysis, Explanation, FCReportingWatch

Andrew Griffiths, the disgraced former MP who was found by a family court to have raped and abused his wife, wanted his case to remain as secret as possible. No names, no bad publicity. But his own barrister has now been forced to apologise to the court for breaching...
Contempt, court orders and P’s confidentiality

Contempt, court orders and P’s confidentiality

by Guest Post | Oct 5, 2020 | Court of Protection, Explanation

This is a guest post by Alex Ruck Keene, a barrister at 39 Essex Chambers who specialises in Court of Protection work. In a very unusual case, P v Griffith [2020] EWCOP 46, the Court of Protection has sentenced a woman, a Ms Griffith, to 12 months imprisonment for...
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