CDE -v- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case No: CO/490/2022

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

18 November 2022

Before
The Honourable Mr Justice Cavanagh

Between:
The King on the application of CDE
-v-
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council


Consent Order

Upon the parties having agreed terms
By consent
It is ordered that:

  1. Paragraph 3 of the Order by the Honourable Mrs Justice Steyn of 20 June 2022, made following an oral renewal hearing, granting the Claimant anonymity be varied as set out below:
    i) The identity of the Claimant shall not be disclosed.
    ii) Reporting restrictions apply as to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the subsequent identification of the Claimant, the publication of the name and address of the Claimant or of any member of the Claimant’s immediate family.
    iii)The names of Claimant shall be described in all statements of case, grounds and other documents to be filed or served in the proceedings in future and in any judgment or order in the proceedings and in any report of the proceedings by the press or otherwise as “CDE”.
    iv)The address of the Claimant shall be stated in all statements of case, grounds and other documents to be filed or served in the proceedings as the address of the Claimant’s solicitors.
    v) In so far as necessary, any statement of case or other document disclosing the Claimant’s name or address already filed in the proceedings shall be replaced by a document describing such name or address in anonymised form as above.
    vi)The original of any such document disclosing the name or address of the Claimant placed on the Court file (digital or paper) shall be marked “confidential: not to be opened without the permission of a Master or High Court Judge”.
    vii) A non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document on or from the Court’s paper or digital files (other than this order duly anonymised as directed) without the permission of a Master or District Judge. Any application for such permission must be made on 14 days notice to the Claimant’s solicitor and the Court will effect service.
    viii) The Court’s paper and digital files are to be marked “subject to an Anonymity Order”.
    ix) That any non-party affected by this Order may apply on notice to all parties to have this Order set aside or varied.
    x) A copy of this Order in its anonymised form shall be published on the Judicial website of the High Court (www.judicicary.uk) by a Court officer sending that copy by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
  2. Costs reserved