AB -v- Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council (anonymity order)
Case no: L00WN391
In the County Court at Manchester
15 October 2024
Before:
District Judge Moss
Between:
AB
through her L/F the Official Solicitor
-v-
Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council
WARNING: You must comply with the terms imposed upon you by this Order. Otherwise, your case is liable to be struck out or some other sanction imposed. If you cannot comply, you are expected to make a formal Application to the Court before any deadline imposed upon you expires.
ANONYMITY ORDER
Before District Judge Moss sitting at the County Court at Manchester, Civil Justice Centre, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, M60 9DJ.
There shall be an Anonymity Order in these proceedings in respect of the Claimant, in accordance with the following provisions.
IT IS ORDERED THAT
a. The identity of the Claimant as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published._
b. Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2(4), there shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Claimant, or other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of AB as the Claimant in these proceedings. The Claimant shall be referred to as set out below_
c. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:
i. The Claimant shall be referred to as “AB”.
ii. Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the Claimant (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
d. Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
i. A person who is not a party to the proceedings may not obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment
or order from the Court records unless the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised in accordance with subparagraphs 3(i) and (ii) above._
ii. If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(1B) or (2)) for permission to inspect or obtain a copy of any other document or communication, such application shall be on at least 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, the Official Solicitor as the Claimant’s litigation friend in these proceedings, and the
Claimant’s trustee or deputy.
e. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 9th October 2024 and any application by a non-party to inspect or obtain a copy document from this file must be dealt with in accordance with the terms of that
Order.”
f. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or discharge this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s’ solicitor and the Claimant’s’ trustee or deputy.
g. Pursuant to the ‘Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders’ issued by the Master of the Rolls dated 16 April 2019 a copy of this Order shall be published on the Judicial Website of the High Court of Justice (www.iudiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at iudicialwebupdates@iudiciary.uk.
Dated 9 October 2024