Open Justice Principle

Questions for the family courts

What have the following got to do with the open justice principle ('OJP') and with each other:

• The case of DL v SL [2015] EWHC 2621 (Fam) where Mostyn J obiter sets down a marker for privacy for all ancillary relief proceedings (and see https://dbfamilylaw.wordpress.com/2015/09/22/mostyn-j-and-the-open-justice-principle/;
• The case of AC v SC [2015] EWFC B76 (HHJ Wildblood sitting in the Family Court) which decided that only a spouse should have permission to appeal (also see https://dbfamilylaw.wordpress.com/2015/09/25/the-right-principles-but-not-necessarily-in-the-right-order/). At para [4] the judgment was over; the remaining 36 paragraphs by HHJ Wildblood are obiter;
• Consultation on amendment family proceedings rules ('Amendment X') (see http://www.familylaw.co.uk/news_and_comment/draft-rules-for-vulnerable-persons-in-family-proceedings for comment).

Each I would say would benefit enormously from adherence by the family courts (ie Family Court and Family Division of the High Court - that is those courts subject to Family Procedure Rules 2010 (FPR 2010)) to the basic common law principle of OJP (as explained by the Court of Appeal in R (ota Guardian News and Media Ltd) v City of Westminster Magistrates' Court (Article 19 intervening) [2012] EWCA Civ...

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