Spencer v Spencer [2009] 2 FLR 1416

Peel J. Appeal by W for further details of an arbitration award to be disclosed to the associated KBD proceedings and to ‘any persons’. Peel J permitted minimal further disclosure in order to provide the King’s Bench court with full context but emphasised the confidential nature of arbitration.

Carr LCJ, King LJ and Warby LJ. The Court of Appeal allowed an appeal against a disclosure order in concluded care proceedings, confirming that the open justice principle did not extend to media applications unconnected to the court's decision-making in the case.

Judgment date: 09 June 2025 https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2025/160 Henke J. Procedural judgment in children proceedings reaffirming legal protections for journalistic sources and highlighting the limits of transparency in the family courts. Henke J delivered a discrete procedural judgment following a fact-finding hearing on 2 May