Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2012] All ER (D) 89 (May)
Neutral Citation: [2012] EWHC 1140 (Admin)
Court: Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court (London)
Judge:

Hooper LJ, Griffith Williams and Singh JJ

Judgment Dates: 1 May 2012

Catchwords

Children and young persons - Court proceedings - Protection of child concerned in proceedings - Claimant being convicted of arson - Judge varying order prohibiting publication of identity of claimant to permit publication of name and address - Whether judge erring in varying order - European Convention on Human Rights, art 10.

The Case

Children and young persons Court proceedings. The Administrative Court, in allowing the claimant's application and quashing the decision to vary an order made pursuant to of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, which had forbade publication of details identifying the claimant, held that the welfare of the claimant, who had been convicted of arson, would be best served by an order restricting publication of his identity.

Practice Areas

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