The Court of Appeal (Civil Division) – Live streaming of court hearings

How and why are court cases being streamed online?

Most cases from the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) are live-streamed on the judiciary’s YouTube channel.
Live-streaming of selected cases began in 2019 to improve public access to, and understanding of, the work of the courts. We are working towards making it possible for all appropriate cases to be live streamed.

View previous cases on the Court of Appeal video archive page

Thursday 13 November 2025

Re: C (children) (external link)

NOTE: A decision will be made as to whether this appeal can be live streamed at the start of the hearing.

By an Appellant’s Notice filed at this court on 27 October 2025, this is an appeal against the decision of HHJ Oliver, sitting in the Central Family Court, dated 7 October 2025. The appellant local authority appeal the judge’s preliminary indication which, it says, has amounted to a preliminary determination of its application for a care and placement order.

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