Sir James Munby

Sir James Munby

Sir James Lawrence Munby is a retired English judge who was President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales.

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Family Justice: Ostiis Apertis? Or a mantle of inviolable secrecy? A challenge to those who would keep the doors closed

Family Justice: Ostiis Apertis? Or a mantle of inviolable secrecy? A challenge to those who would keep the doors closed

Family Justice: Ostiis Apertis?[[1]] Or a mantle of inviolable secrecy?[[2]] A challenge to those who would keep the doors closed Sir James Munby 12 January 2023 On 28 October 2021 the President published the outcome of his Transparency Review: Confidence and Confidentiality: Transparency in the Family Courts. What

Law Commission – Contempt of Court Project: Memorandum by Sir James Munby (26 September 2022)

Law Commission – Contempt of Court Project: Memorandum by Sir James Munby (26 September 2022)

1⁠. I have been professionally involved for over 30 years, first as a barrister and then as a judge, with the related issues of contempt of court and transparency, as it is now called, especially in relation to the family justice system. My focus here is with the family justice

Some Sunlight Seeps In

Some Sunlight Seeps In

In relation to transparency in the Financial Remedies Court (FRC) there are further signs that the tectonic plates are shifting.[[1]] BT v CU In November 2021, Mostyn J set the cat among the pigeons with his judgments in BT v CU [2021] EWFC 87, [2022] 1 WLR 1349, [100]

The Origins of the Financial Remedies Court – an Insider’s View (Part 2)

The Origins of the Financial Remedies Court – an Insider’s View (Part 2)

On 29 October 2018, the President announced that, following further consultation, he had given the ‘green light’ for the pilot to start working in each of the additional eight courts I had identified: Financial Remedies Pilot extended [2018] Fam Law 1610. As he commented in his first View from the

The Origins of the Financial Remedies Court – an Insider's View, Part 1

The Origins of the Financial Remedies Court – an Insider's View, Part 1

The introduction of the Financial Remedies Court (FRC), which has just come of age, marks an important milestone in the development of the family justice system. The story of how this came about requires to be recorded before it all recedes into half-remembered history. An account from one who was

Sir James Munby

Sir James Lawrence Munby is a retired English judge who was President of the Family Division of the High Court of England and Wales.