In re Stedman: FD 18 May 2009

An application was made for the continuation and extension of a reporting restriction order. The parents of the children were themselves under age, and there had been intense media interest.
Held: A privacy injunction was refused even after an avalanche of publicity about a 12-year-old boy who was (wrongly) alleged to have impregnated a 15-year-old girl.

Judges:

Eleanor King J

Citations:

[2009] EWHC 935 (Fam), [2009] 2 FLR 852, [2009] Fam Law 932

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedIn re A (A Minor) FD 8-Jul-2011
An application was made in care proceedings for an order restricting publication of information about the family after the deaths of two siblings of the child subject to the application. The Sun and a local newspaper had already published stories . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Media, Children

Updated: 28 July 2022; Ref: scu.347352