M (A Child – Private Law Children Proceedings- Case Management- Intimate Images) [2022] EWHC 986 (Fam)

In private law children proceedings in the High Court, Mrs Justice Knowles made case management decisions about the use of intimate images, which she noted as an issue that is increasingly common when allegations of domestic and/or sexual abuse are made and the court is holding a fact-finding hearing. Importantly, she notes that “Sexually explicit or intimate videos and photographs should not be filed as part of evidence without a written application being made to the court in advance” (para 77).