Children in the criminal courts have similar protections of anonymity as children in family courts. The big difference is that judges can and do lift reporting restrictions on the grounds of the public interest.
Any infringements of the rights of children in court to anonymity need to be watched carefully. No statistics are kept on how many times children are named but it is happening and not just in high profile murder cases.
Applications to lift the protection of anonymity are almost always made by the media. They claim to act in the public interest but the link between naming children and selling papers is clear and should concern us all.
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