BAH -v- the Home Office (anonymity order)
Claim number: M12CL025
In the County Court at Central London
10 November 2025
Before:
Her Honour Judge Bloom
Between:
BAH
-v-
The Home Office
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 HEARING counsel for the parties at the CMC on 3 November 2025
AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s application dated 28 March 2025, which was re-filed with the Court on 4 November 2025
AND UPON the parties having agreed that the Claimant be anonymised in the High Court but the Court having not made an Order to that effect
AND UPON considering the protective nature of the approval jurisdiction pursuant to r.21.10 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
AND UPON considering the Article 8 rights of the Claimant to respect for private and family life and the risk
of harm that identification may cause to the Claimant
AND UPON considering the importance of open justice and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression
AND UPON THE COURT CONCLUDING that non-disclosure of the Claimant’s identity is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the Claimant’s interests
AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to make a reporting restriction order
IT IS ORDERED THAT
- The name of the Claimant is to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and orders in this claim, and for those purposes:
(i) The Claimant shall be referred to as BAH.
- The Claimant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted by the Claimant’s solicitor’s address.
- No report, whether oral or in writing, or other communication in whatever form (including internet or social media) addressed to the public at large or any section of the public, of or concerning this claim which is published from the date of this order may include:
(i) The name or address of the Claimant;
(ii) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant; (iii) Any image or likeness of the Claimant.
- Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this order are not affected by this order.
- 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 paragraph 1 above.
(ii) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(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 Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy unless the court orders otherwise.
- The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1 and 2 above within 21 days from date of the order.
- The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on [date of this Order] 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.”
- Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or set aside this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
- This order shall lapse automatically on the death of the Claimant and its provisions shall have no effect from that time.
- Pursuant CPR 39.2(5) a copy of this Order shall be published on the website of the Judiciary of England and Wales (www.judiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
- The costs of obtaining this order be costs in the case.
Dated 3 November 2025