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This judgment is being handed down in private on 12 th November 2009 It consists of 14 pages and has been signed and dated by the judge. The judge hereby gives leave for it to be reported.
The judgment is being distributed on the strict understanding that in any report no person other than the advocates or the solicitors instructing them (and other persons identified by name in the judgment itself) may be identified by name or location and that in particular the anonymity of the children and the adult members of their family must be strictly preserved.
Mr Guy Vassall-Adams(instructed by Romana Canneti) for Independent News and Media Ltd, Guardian News and Media, Ltd, Times Newspapers, Ltd, Associated Newspapers, Ltd, Telegraph Media Group Ltd, Independent Television News and the Press Association for the Applicant Mr Gavin Millar, Q.C. and Ms Barbara Hewson (instructed by Irwin Mitchell Solicitors) for the Respondent Hearing dates: 5th � 7th October 2009 ____________________
It is therefore apparent that the Legislature was alert to the issue of sitting in public or private and contemplated that both may in due course be permitted or indeed required. The Rules, to which I must now turn, were a direct response to the specific concerns of Parliament.
(1)�For the purposes of the law relating to contempt of court, information relating to proceedings held in private may be published where the court makes an order under paragraph (2).
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