AB -v- EF and Advantage Insurance (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: 235DC728

In the County Court at Manchester

4 June 2026

Before:

Deputy District Judge Stringer

Between:

AB
(a protected party, by his daughter and Litigation Friend, CD)
(Claimant)

-v-

(1) EF
(2) Advantage Insurance Company Limited
(Defendants)

Minute of anonymity order

BEFORE Deputy District Judge Stringer sitting at the Civil Justice Centre, Bridge Street West, Manchester on 04.06.26

UPON HEARING counsel for the Claimants and solicitor for the Defendants

AND UPON the Claimant and the Defendants having agreed the terms set out in the Approval Order of even date which has been approved by the Court

AND UPON
(1) Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimant protected party 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 protected party is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of the protected party and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.
(3) The Defendants indicating their neutrality to the making of the Order

AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998; section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981; and CPR rules 5.4C, 5.4D and 39.2(4).

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.
(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. The identity of the Claimant, the Litigation Friend and the First Defendant in these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published from the date of this Order.
  2. 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, the Litigation Friend, their other immediate family members or the First Defendant, 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, the Litigation Friend and the First Defendant shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
  3. 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) The Litigation Friend shall be referred as CD.
    (iii) The First Defendant shall be referred to as EF.
    (iv) Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the Claimant or the Litigation Friend (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
  4. Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply to any report of these proceedings or publication in relation thereto made before the date of this Order.
  5. 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) to (iv) 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 Claimants’ solicitor.
  6. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 04.06.26 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.”
  7. 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 solicitors.
  8. 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.