AKH and others -v- The Home Office (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: M12CL108

In the County Court at Central London

18 July 2025

Before:

Her Honour Judge Bloom

Between:

(1) AKH
(2) ZUA
(3) MRA
(4) SAB
(5) AZB
(6) BTZ
(by his mother and litigation friend, AZB)
(7) ZHK
(8) KBG
(9) IAH
(10) MZH
(11) SMK
(12) AWY
(13) HZA
(14) SAZ
(Claimants)

-v-

The Home Office
(Defendant)

Anonymity order

Before Her Honour Judge Bloom sitting at the County Court at Central London, Thomas More Building, Royal Courts Of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL.

UPON the Claimants’ application dated 28 May 2025.

AND UPON:

(1) Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimants 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 Claimants is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and to protect the interests of the Claimants and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.

AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 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. That the identity of the Claimants be not disclosed or published save as otherwise ordered by the Court.
  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 Claimants, 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 Claimants in these proceedings. The Claimants shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
  3. That, to the extent necessary to protect the Claimants’ identity, any other references whether to persons or to places or otherwise, be adjusted appropriately, with permission to the parties to apply in default of agreement as to the manner of such adjustment.
  4. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:

(i) The First Claimant shall be referred to as “AKH”.
(ii) The Second Claimant shall be referred to as “ZUA”.
(iii) The Third Claimant shall be referred to as “MRA”.
(iv) The Fourth Claimant shall be referred to as “SAB”.
(v) The Fifth Claimant shall be referred to as “AZB”
(vi) The Sixth Claimant, by his mother and Litigation Friend AZB, shall be referred to as “BTZ”. (vii) The Seventh Claimant shall be referred to as “ZHK”.
(viii) The Eighth Claimant shall be referred to as “KBG”.
(ix) The Ninth Claimant shall be referred to as “IAH”.  
(x) The Tenth Claimant shall be referred to as “MZH”.
(xi) The Eleventh Claimant shall be referred to as “SMK”.
(xii) The Twelfth Claimant shall be referred to as “AWY”.
(xiii) The Thirteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “HZA”.
(xiv) The Fourteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “SAZ”.
(xv) 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. That so far as the Claim Form, or any Judgment, Order or other document to which anyone might have access pursuant to Rule 5.4 at any time does not comply with paragraphs 1 and 2 above, the Claimants’ solicitors have permission to file with the Court copies of such document adjusted so as to comply with this order; such copies are to be treated for all purposes as being in substitution for the relevant originals; and the originals are then to be retained by the Court in a sealed envelope marked “not to be opened without the permission of a Circuit Judge at the County Court at Central London”.
  2. 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 4(i) to (xv) 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, trustee or deputy.

  1. The Claimants’ solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements of case that has been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 4 above following filing and service of the same.
  2. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 04 June 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. That reporting restrictions apply as to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the subsequent identification of the Claimants, including by way of jigsaw identification. Such information includes their address(es), place(s) of work and educational establishment(s) attended.
  4. That the Claimants have permission to provide as their address on the Claim Form the address of their solicitors.
  5. 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 Claimants’ solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  6. The costs of obtaining this order be costs in the case.

Dated 4 June 2025