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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amy-Clare Martin

Name the judges who left Sara Sharif in care of father who killed her, court told

The family court judges who allowed murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif to live with her abusive father and stepmother should not be protected by anonymity, the Court of Appeal has heard.

Lawyers have argued that a controversial ban on identifying judges who oversaw a string of family court proceedings before her death will have a “corrosive impact on public confidence in the judiciary and the wider justice system.”

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