ACC -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order and application for judicial review)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim Number: AC-2024-LON-003803

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court

In the matter of an application for judicial review

21 November 2024

Before:
The Honourable Mr Justice Lavender

Between:
The King on the application of
ACC
-v-
Secretary of State for the Home Department

and
Secretary of State for Justice (Interested Party)

Order

On the application by the Claimant for expedition and anonymity

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Lavender

Directions

  1. The Defendant shall file and serve her Acknowledgement of Service, including her response to the Claimant’s application for interim relief, within 7 days of the date of service of this order.
  2. The Claimant’s application for interim relief shall be placed before a Judge within 7 days of the filing of the Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service or, if sooner, within 7 days of the date of service of this order.

Anonymity

  1. Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2(4) no-one may publish in any newspaper, broadcast, social media or other media any name, address, image or other information tending to identify the Claimant as party to these proceedings.
  2. In any publication, broadcast, social media or other media relating to these proceedings, the Claimant shall be known by the letters ACC.
  3. Pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4C a person who is not a party to these proceedings may only obtain a copy of a Statement of Case, Judgment, Order or other document from the Court records if the document has been anonymised such that: (a) The Claimant is referred to as ACC. (b) The address of the Claimant has been deleted.
  4. Insofar as any Statement of Case, Judgment, Order or other document to which anyone might have access pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4A-D has not been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 6 above, the Claimant has permission to file with the Court an anonymised copy of that document, which is to be treated for all purposes as being in substitution for the relevant original, with the original being retained by the Court in a sealed envelope marked “not to be opened without the permission of a Judge or Master of the King’s Bench Division”.
  5. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court for an order setting aside, varying or discharging paragraphs 3 to 6 of this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 working days’ notice to the Claimant.

Costs

  1. Costs reserved

Reasons

  1. Expedition is appropriate because the Claimant is being detained and has been detained for 6 weeks since he was granted bail.
  2. Anonymity is necessary because the Claimant claims to have been the victim of sexual trafficking.