Family Partner Neil Russell comments on the recent announcement that Court of Appeal family cases are to be livestreamed for the first time.
In the Law Society Gazette feature, Neil urges courts to proceed with caution, saying “While justice should be open so that it can be seen to be done, there is a risk that focusing the lens of publicity on the cases in the Court of Appeal may be going too far when transcripts of the judgements are already available. [Livestreaming] could discourage litigants, which would be counter-productive for justice. However, as Supreme Court cases are already livestreamed, there does not seem to be a valid reason not to extend this to the Court of Appeal as well, but this should not set a precedent for extending to the lower courts.”
Read the full article online here.