DIXON v NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST

[2022] Med LR 456

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION

Before Mr Justice Nicklin

Anonymity and reporting restrictions application – Contempt of Court Act 1981, section 11 – Human Rights Act 1998, section 6 – CPR 5.4A to 5.4D and 39.2 – Whether anonymity and reporting restrictions were required to prevent breaches of confidence – Threshold for engaging article 2 rights – Balancing article 8 rights against article 10 rights – Principles of open justice.