AJT -v- Farqar and others (anonymity order)
Claim number: KB-2023-MAN-000035
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Manchester District Registry
13 March 2025
Before:
Her Honour Judge Claire Evans
Between:
AJT
(a protected party proceeding by her Litigation Friend ASY)
-v-
1. Mr Mohammed Ahmed Farqar
2. Mr Daniel Joseph Bucknell
ANONYMITY ORDER
Before Her Honour Judge Claire Evans sitting as a judge of the High Court in the King’s Bench
Division at the Manchester District Registry, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, M60 9DJ on
Wednesday 5 February 2025.
UPON hearing Mr Adam Weitzman KC, on behalf of the Claimant and Richard Whitehall KC on behalf
of the First and Second Defendants.
AND UPON
1) Consideration of Article 8 of the rights of the Claimant to respect for private and family life and
Article 10 of the 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 the Claimant and the
Litigation Friend and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.
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 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 the internet and social media), which is addressed to the public or any section of
the public.
2) Publication for the purpose of this Order includes any further publication (as defined in
subparagraph 1 above) from the date of this Order, even if such information has derived from
a previous stage of these proceedings.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT:
- The identity of the Claimant and the Litigation Friend as a party to these proceedings is
confidential and shall not be published. - 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 Claimant’s litigation friend or
other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, address, or a specific
combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of AJT as the Claimant in these
proceedings. The Claimant and the litigation friend shall be referred to as set out at paragraph
3 of this Order. - 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 “AJT”
b) The Litigation Friend shall be referred to as “ASY”
c) 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. - Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
a) 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 a) to 3 c) above.
b) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4C (1b)
or 2)) for permission to inspect or obtain a copy of any other documentation or
communication, such application shall be on at least 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s
solicitor or deputy. - The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements
of case that has been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 3 above by 4pm on 12
February 2025. - The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity Order was made in this
case on 5 February 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.” - Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to
vary or discharge this Order, provided that such an application is made on 7 days’ notice to
the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy. - 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. - The costs of obtaining this Order be costs in the case.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The order defines the scope of ‘publication’ and makes clear that it is a communication which is
“addressed to the public at large or any section of the public”. Set out below is a non-exhaustive list
of examples of communications and records which would not constitute publication within the
meaning of this order (providing always that proper steps are taken to protect the confidentiality of
information from being made public). In this list references to ‘the anonymised party’ include that
party’s appointed representatives and advisers, such as solicitor, Litigation Friend, attorney, trustee
and deputy.
(i) Communications between the Court Funds Office and the anonymised party in
relation to the payment of money into the Court Funds Office for the benefit of the
anonymised party or the investment or treatment of payment out of such money.
(ii) Communications between the Court Funds Office, the anonymised party, and any
financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of such money.
(iii) Records kept by the Court Funds Office, the anonymised party, and any financial
institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of the Claimant’s money.
(iv) Retention by all parties to the claim, their representatives, and their advisers of their
unredacted files for the purposes of their continuing functions and obligations in
relation to the proceedings.
(v) Communications between the Defendant(s), their insurers, or their successors in title
and their legal and professional advisers, reinsurers, HM Revenue and Customs (or
its successor), the Compensation Recovery Unit or any other person required by law.
(vi) Communications between the anonymised party’s representatives and advisers in
managing that party’s affairs.
(vii) Communications for the purpose of obtaining medical care, advice or treatment for
the anonymised party.
(viii) Communications by or on behalf of a paying party for the purposes of ascertaining
whether the anonymised party is alive, so entitled to continuing periodical payments.