Sharing legal information CAFCASS on social media

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Regular poster- name changed as don’t want to be outing.

Just wanted to know is it an offence to share legal correspondence / correspondence from CAFCASS on Facebook? Names have been removed but the person who’s posted has posted using their name so it doesn’t take a genius to work out what it all relates to.

They could be in trouble, when I reported my ex husband for raping me, I shared the court paperwork with the police & got told by my solicitor that I could be charged for doing it.

Publication of information relating to court proceedings held in private where the proceedings are brought under the Children Act 1989 is contempt of court. Also, if it is easy for someone familiar with the case to work out the identities of individuals referred to in the document despite their names being removed, it is likely to be a breach of GDPR.

Thanks @prh47bridge is it still contempt of court if it wasn’t shared by the person direct involved with proceedings ie shared by other family members?
I’m going to raise this with my legal team once they’re open but what steps need to be taken next? Can this cause different outcomes for the family proceedings? What are the consequences of being in contempt of court?

It doesn't matter who shared it. The person who shared it could be found guilty of contempt of court.

Once you've informed your legal team the next steps are up to them. It shouldn't affect the outcome of the family proceedings since that is about what is best for the child. If the person who shared the information is found guilty of contempt, they could be imprisoned and/or fined.

My ex got done for contempt of court by posting stuff on the Internet & my dp professional profile about me & dp's relationship while we were still under the family court. All he got was a slap on the wrist, no fine or sentence even though I had to stop work to avoid being sacked for breaking Civil service rules by bringing the service in to disrepute because he had spread it all around via Internet who I worked for & the fact I had left him for someone else.

Definite GDPR breach.