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Target to publish 10% of judgments faces concerns about anonymisation unit resources.

Conclusion
We welcome the Transparency Review’s proposal to set a target of every judge publishing 10% of their judgments. If achieved, this would make a significant 56 Open justice: court reporting in the digital age contribution to the transparency of the Family Court and to open justice. It is crucial that the public and the media are able to access a greater number of judgments from the Family Court. However, we share the concern raised by witnesses as to whether sufficient resources will be allocated to enable the proposed anonymisation unit to function as effectively as it needs to in order to ensure that a consistent and representative number of judgments are published and to minimise the number of anonymisation errors.
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Government Response

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Addressee Bodies
Ministry of Justice
Timeline
Recommendation age 3.9 yrs
Report published 01 Nov 2022