AM -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2025-LON-002070

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

9 July 2025

Before:

Hugh Southey KC

Between:

The King on the application of
AM

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On an application by the Claimant for interim relief and expedition

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER BY HUGH SOUTHEY KC (sitting as a judge of the HIGH COURT)

  1. Anonymity:
    (a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:
    (i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
    (ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as AM.
    (b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant in any report of, or otherwise in connection with, these proceedings.
    (c) Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):
    (i) the parties must within 7 days file a redacted copy of any statement of case filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant;
    (ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, a redacted copy omitting that information must be filed at the same time;
    (iii) unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non-party many obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.
    (d) Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.
  2. Interim relief:
    (a) The Defendant is to file a response to the application for interim relief within 7 days of the date of this order.
    (b) The Claimant is to file any reply within 4 days of service of the Defendant’s response.
    (c) The papers are to be referred to a judge or deputy judge immediately thereafter for consideration of interim relief

Reasons

(1) Anonymity: The claim relies on personal medical information in which the Claimant has a reasonable expectation of privacy. There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.
(2) Interim relief: As liberty is in issue, this needs to be addressed with a degree of urgency. On the material I have seen, I cannot see why it cannot be addressed on the papers.