AB -v- CD (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: M01BR395

In the County Court at Bromley

9 October 2025

Before:

District Judge Watson

Between:

AB

-v-

CD

Order

Before District Judge Watson sitting at the County Court at Bromley, College Road, Bromley, Kent, BR1 3PX.

UPON hearing from Counsel for the Claimant and Counsel for the Defendant

AND UPON the application made at paragraph (3) of the Part 8 Claim form dated 5 June 2025 and:
(1) consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimant to respect for private and family life, and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression;
(2) it appearing that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of Claimant and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure; and
(3) the Defendant indicating its neutrality to the making of the order and there being no representations from the press or any other interested party.

AND PURSUANT TO CPR rules 5.4C and 39.2(4) and section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981

AND WHEREAS FOR the purposes of this order:
(1) ‘publication’ includes any speech, writing, broadcast, or other communication in whatever form (including internet and social media), which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public; and
(2) publication for the purpose of this Order includes any further publication (as defined in subparagraph (i) above) from the date of this Order, even if such information has derived from a previous stage or stages of these proceedings.

IT IS ORDERED THAT

  1. Pursuant to CPR rule 39.2(4), the identity of the Claimant as a party to these proceedings shall not be disclosed.
  1. Pursuant to section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Claimant, the Claimant’s Litigation Friend, the Defendant 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 the Claimant in these proceedings. The Claimant and the Litigation Friend shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
  2. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:

a. The Claimant shall be referred to as ‘AB’.

b. The Defendant shall be referred to as ‘CD’.

c. The Deceased shall be referred to as ‘EF’

d. 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.

  1. Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C(4), 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 above.
  2. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 22 September 2025 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.”
  3. 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, trustee or deputy.
  4. 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.judiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
  5. There be no order as to costs.

Dated: 22 September 2025