AXG -v- Hertfordshire County Council (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtCivilHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2024-LON-003963

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

25 February 2025

Before:

David Pittaway KC
sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Between:

AXG
(by way of Litigation Friend and AYG his father)

-v-

Hertfordshire County Council

Anonymity order

On an application by the Claimant for permission for judicial review:

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant and the Court acting on its own motion

ORDER BY David Pittaway KC Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

  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 and Litigation Friend’s names are 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 AXG and the Litigation Friend as AYG.

(b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or his Litigation Friend of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant or his Litigation Friend 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 or his Litigation Friend;

(ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant or his Litigation Friend, 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.

REASONS

(1) Anonymity: The Claimant is a disabled child and 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.

Signed:
David Pittaway KC
Date:
25th February 2025