Balancing transparency and privacy in the Family Court

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On 29 October 2021, the President of the Family Division published a report on Transparency in the Family Court after an extensive review of the issue. It tells us that in 2020 there were 224,902 cases in the family courts in England and Wales. Many of those decisions were based on judges or magistrates exercising their discretion which is based on them representing the social and other value judgements of society.

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