BDE -v- KLP Insurance (anonymity order)
Claim number: KB-2026-LDS-000014
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Leeds District Registry
27 March 2026
Before:
His Honour Judge Mark Gargan
sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court
Between:
BDE
(a protected party, by his litigation friend, FGK)
(Claimant)
-v-
XYC LLP
KLP Insurance Company Ltd
(Defendant)
Anonymity order
BEFORE His Honour Judge Mark Gargan sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court of Justice in the King’s Bench Division, Leeds District Registry on 27 March 2026.
UPON HEARING Toby Coupe, Counsel for the Claimant and Sarah Hogan Dempsey of Keoghs Solicitors for the Defendant.
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 names of the Claimant, the Litigation Friend, the original Defendant and the substituted Defendant are to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and orders in this claim, and for those purposes:
a) The Claimant shall be referred to as BDE;
b) The Litigation Friend shall be referred to as FGK;
c) The original Defendant shall be referred to as XYC; and
d) The substituted Defendant shall be referred to as KLP Insurance Company Limited.
- The Claimant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted with 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:
a) The name or address of the Claimant;
b) The name or address of the Litigation Friend;
c) The name or address of the original Defendant;
d) The name or address of the substituted Defendant;
e) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, the Litigation Friend, the original Defendant or the substituted Defendant; and
f) Any image or likeness of the Claimant, the Litigation Friend, the original Defendant or the substituted Defendant.
- 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:
a) 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 subparagraphs 1 and 2 above;
b) 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.