The Guardian Newspaper's Legal Editor, Clare Dyer, has reported that the “curtain of secrecy hiding what goes on in the family courts of England and Wales is to be lifted”. In order to quell 'festering' doubts over the justice system Judges may let public and media into hearings.
Mr Justice Munby, a leading advocate of greater openness in the family courts, in a recent lecture made a strong plea for more transparency, suggesting that the current restrictions may even breach the European convention on human rights and concluding: "It really is time that something was done about all this."
A move to greater openness is supported by many senior judges.
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