C3 -v- Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-001343

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

2 May 2025

Before:

Mr Justice Jay

Between:

C3
(Claimant)

-v-

Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
(Defendant)

and

AB, CD, EF and GH
(children by their litigation friend, YZ)
(Interested Parties)

Order

UPON the Claimant’s application notice dated 29th April 2025

  1. The Claimant is granted anonymity and is to be referred to for all purposes in these proceedings as C3. The Claimant’s children, the Interested Parties, are to be referred to as AB, CD, EF and GH, their litigation friend as YZ, and the Claimant’s sister (a witness) as WX.
  2. Pursuant to section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and CPR r. 39.2(4) nothing may be published which would directly or indirectly identify the Claimant, the Interested Parties, the Interested Parties’ next friend or the Claimant’s sister.
  3. So far as any document to which a non-party may have access pursuant to CPR r.5.4 or 5.4C does not comply with para 1 above, the Claimant’s solicitors shall have permission to file with the Court copies of such documents adjusted so as to comply. Such copies are to be treated for all purposes as being in substitution for the relevant originals. A non-party may not obtain a copy of any document from the court file unless it has been anonymised in accordance with this paragraph.
  4. Pursuant to CPR r. 5.4C(4)(d), no non-party may obtain a copy of the CONFIDENTIAL witness statements of Alexandra Rowe or Katherine Cornett without further Order of the Court.
  5. The requirements of CPR r. 21.5(5) that the Certificate of Suitability and Claim Form be served on the Interested Parties’ parent or guardian be dispensed with.
  6. The Claimant may effect service of the Claim Form on the Interested Parties by serving it on YZ.
  7. The Claim is appropriate for expedition and permission to apply for judicial review is to be determined within 7 days of the date of filing of the Defendant’s AoS and Summary Grounds. These pleadings must indicate whether reliance is placed on CLOSED material.
  8. If permission is refused, any renewal hearing is to be listed within 14 days of notice of renewal being filed and served.
  9. If permission is granted, the parties are to use their best endeavours to file within 14 days proposed directions for the progress of the claim. If agreement on such directions cannot be reached within 14 days, the parties’ competing proposals should be submitted within the same 14-day period.
  10. The case management of this case shall be reserved to Jay J unless the Claimant objects (Jay J was a party to her unsuccessful habeas application, but Jay J’s present view is that this does not present a difficulty).
  11. Liberty to apply on 24 hours’ written notice to Jay J (his clerk being reachable at
    Moshida.khalifah@justice.gov.uk). 

Dated this 2nd day of May 2025