CKY -v- Hillingdon Council (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-003535

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

24 October 2025

Before:

The Honourable Mr Justice Foxton

Between:

The King
on the application of
CKY

-v-

Hillingdon Council

Order

On an application by the Claimants for (1) an anonymity order; (2) an order permitting the Claimant to conduct proceedings without a litigation friend; (3) consideration of the application for interim relief.

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Foxton

  1. Until further order:

(a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2 there shall be substituted for all purposes in these proceedings including on the Court’s Register of Claims and whether orally on in witing, in place of the reference to the Claimant the letters “CKY”.

(b) Pursuant to CPR 5.4C((4)(c), a person who is not party to these proceedings may obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the court records only if it has been anonymised such that the Claimant is referred to in those documents only by the letters “CKY” and any reference to his name has been deleted from those documents.

(c) Any person has liberty on three days’ written notice to the parties to apply to vary or discharge this paragraph.

  1. The Claimant shall be permitted to conduct the proceedings without a litigation friend pursuant to CPR 21.2(3).
  2. The Defendant shall file its response to the Claimant’s interim relief application within 14 days.
  3. The parties will then seek directions for a hearing.
  4. Costs reserved.

    Reasons

    1. On the evidence, the Claimant has a capacity and can effectively provide instructions to his solicitors, and so no litigation friend is required.
    2. Given the dispute as to the Claimant’s age (and the possibility the Claimant may be a minor) I am satisfied that an anonymity order is appropriate.
    3. A letter before action was sent on 8 July 2025 which did not seek interim relief. A reply was sent on 10 July 2025. There does not appear to have been an application for interim relief until 15 October 2025. The Defendant must be allowed a reasonable opportunity to respond to that application, the Claimant having taken 3 months from receipt of the Defendant’s letter to make his application.

    Signed: Mr Justice Foxton