BNLM -v- Wakefield Metropolitan District Council (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case Number: AC-2023-LDS-000284

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

15 February 2024

Before:
Her Honour Judge Belcher
sitting as a Judge of the High Court

In the matter of an application for judicial review

Between:
The King
(on the application of BNLM)
-v-
Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

Order

On an application by the Claimant for an anonymity order

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant and the Defendant

ORDER by Her Honour Judge Belcher sitting as a Judge of the High Court

  1. Pursuant to CPR rule 39.2(4) there shall not be disclosed in any report of the proceedings the name or address of the Claimant or any details leading to his identification. If referred to, he shall only be referred to as ‘TK’.
  2. Pursuant to CPR rule 5.4C(4)(c), a person who is not a party to the proceedings may obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the court records only if the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised such that: (a) the Claimant is referred to in those documents only by the letters ‘BNLM’; and (b) any reference to his name has been deleted from those documents;