CDE -v- NHS North East London Integrated Care Board and another (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2026-LON-002070

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

12 May 2026

Before:

David Pittaway KC
sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Between:

The King
on the application of
CDE
(by his litigation friend and mother EDC)
(Claimant)

-v-

(1) NHS North East London Integrated Care Board
(2) London Borough of Tower Hamlets
(Defendants)

and

(1) Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
(2) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
(Interested Parties)

Order

On an application by the Claimant for judicial review and interim relief

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER BY DAVID PITTAWAY KC SITTING AS A DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE

  1. Subject to the Claimant’s mother, EDC, consenting to the appointment she is appointed by the court as the Claimant’s litigation friend forthwith.
  2. An abridged timetable will apply as follows:
    a. The Second Defendant must acknowledge service and serve its Summary Grounds of Defence, within 7 days of service of this order, and if so, advised, the First Defendant and the First and Second Interested Parties shall do likewise.
    b. Any replies by the Claimant must be served within 3 days of service of the Second Defendant’s Acknowledgement Of Service
    c. The Claimant’s application for permission to apply for judicial review and interim relief is to be referred to a judge or deputy judge immediately thereafter for consideration on the papers.
  3. Anonymity:

(a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:

(i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and

(ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as CDE.

(b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant in any report of, or otherwise in connection with, these proceedings.

(c) Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):

(i) the parties must within 7 days file a redacted copy of any statement of case filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant;

(ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, a redacted copy omitting that information must be filed at the same time;

(iii) unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non-party many obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.

(d) Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.

REASONS

(1) Abridgement of time/expedition: There is urgency in resolving this claim where the Claimant has been in GOS since 22 April 2026. The interim relief is sought against the Second Defendant and not the other parties, however, I have given them the opportunity to respond to the claim within the same timescale, if they wish to do so.

(2) I am not prepared to consider granting the interim relief requested until the Second Defendant has had a proper opportunity to respond to the claim and be afforded that opportunity. There is no suggestion that the Claimant is about to be discharged from GOS, planning for his discharge is, however, required.

(3) Anonymity: I have made an anonymity order of my own volition. The Claimant’s mother needs to consent to become the litigation friend. She is a litigant-in-person. It seems to me that where, as here, there is a critically ill child, it comes within the established principles where it would be appropriate for me to make such an order.

Signed: DAVID PITTAWAY KC
Date: 12 May 2026