The Court of Appeal ruled that fathers' rights campaigner Simon Claytonhad the right to talk publicly about his earlier legal case concerningaccess to his 10-year-old daughter.
The judgment suggests that unless publicising the case would cause harmor distress to the child involved, courts should rule in favour ofopeness. The ruling may apply to cases involving young people beingtaken into care as well as private family law disputes.
Clayton said the decision would help expose bad practice within thefamily law system. But, he added, total openness was still needed. "Iknow of major injustices in every family court in the land, only whenthere is full and complete openness will it dissolve," he said.
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