Ambitious About Autism -v- London Borough of Bromley and others (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2026-LON-001521

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

29 April 2026

Before:

Mr CMG Ockelton,
sitting as a Judge of the High Court

Between:

The King
on the application of
Ambitious About Autism
(Claimant)

-v-

(1) London Borough of Bromley
(2) West Sussex County Council
(3) East Sussex County Council
(Defendants)

and

ROS
(Interested Party)

Order

On an application by the Claimant for anonymity and expedition

Following consideration of the documents on file

ORDER BY MR CMG OCKELTON 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 Interested Party’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
    (ii) the Interested Party is to be referred to orally and in writing as ‘ROS’.
    (b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Interested Party or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Interested Party 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 Interested Party;
    (ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Interested Party, 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. Abridgement of time and expedition:
    (a) Any Reply from the Claimant (CPR 54.8A) to any of the Defendants’ Acknowledgments of Service must be filed and served by 4pm on 7 May.
    (b) Any application by the Claimant to submit further evidence must be filed and served by 4 pm on 7 May.
    (c) Any response by any other party to any application by the Claimant to serve further evidence must be filed and served by 14 May.
    (d) The papers are to be referred to a judge or deputy judge as soon as possible after the expiry of the time limited by paragraph 2(a) or 2(c) as applicable.

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. Abridgement of time and expedition: As it happens the application has come before me on 28 April, which the defendants all agree is the date by which their acknowledgments of service fall to be filed and served. Each of them indicates that it has something to say about expedition, and by the time this Order is sealed they no doubt will each have said it. The terms of paragraph 2 above are therefore appropriate.

Signed: CMG Ockelton
Date: 29th April 2026