AXZ -v- Secretary of State for Defence (anonymity order)
Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order
Claim number: AC-2025-LON-00001
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court
20 January 2025
Before:
The Honourable Mrs Justice Farbey
Between:
The King on the application of
AXZ
-v-
Secretary of State for Defence
Order
Before the Honourable Mrs Justice Farbey
UPON reading the N461, the Statement of Facts and Grounds for Judicial Review, the N244 filed with the claim and the correspondence lodged by the parties
It is hereby ORDERED:
Expedition
1. The Claimant shall file and serve any Reply within 3 days of service of the Defendant’s summary grounds of defence.
2. The application for permission to apply for judicial review, summary grounds and any Reply shall thereafter be placed before a judge for determination and directions by no later than the date 14 days after the deadline for filing the Claimant’s Reply pursuant to paragraph 1 above.
Anonymity and Confidentiality
3. The Claimant shall be anonymised in this claim as “AXZ” and the non-solicitor witness supporting the claim shall be anonymised as “TPL1” pursuant to CPR 3139.2(4) and/or the general case management powers in CPR 3.1(2) and shall have anonymity until further order. No report or publication of these proceedings shall directly or indirectly identify the Claimant or the witness.
4. Those parts of the witness evidence of the Claimant and the non-solicitor witness that are identificatory of third parties shall be confidential between the parties and anonymised pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4)(d), 32.13(2), 31.22(2) and/or the general case management powers in CPR 3.1(2).
5. The Claimant’s application for closure of the Court file pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4) is granted pending further order. Failure to comply with this direction may lead to contempt of Court proceedings.
Ancillary matters
6. Anyone affected by this Order shall have liberty to apply to vary the terms of this Order on giving at least 48 hours’ written notice to the parties.
7. The case is reserved to Farbey J until further order.