CNP -v- London Borough of Hounslow (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-004070

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

13 August 2026

Before:

Richard Wright KC,
sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Between:

The King
on the application of
CNP
(Claimant)

-v-

London Borough of Hounslow
(Defendant)

Order

On an application by the Claimant for anonymity, interim relief and permission

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

ORDER BY RICHARD WRIGHT KC SITTING AS A DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE

  1. 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 CNP.

(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.

  1. Permission is granted on all grounds.
  2. The application for interim relief is refused.
  3. The Claim is hereby transferred to the Upper Tribunal.
  4. Costs in the case.

REASONS

(1) Anonymity: The Claimant is an asylum seeker who claims to be a child. The claim relies on personal medical information in which the Claimant has a reasonable expectation of privacy. There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.

(2) I consider the permission threshold to be met and have granted permission.

(3) The claim is one that should now be transferred to the Upper Tribunal for age assessment.

(4) I have considered the application for interim relief and although I am satisfied that there is a serious issue to be tried I do not consider that the balance of convenience is in favour of granting the relief sought. The Claimant is, by his own account more than 17 and a half years old. I agree with the Defendant that there is minimal evidence that the Claimant’s current accommodation is inappropriate or affecting him negatively. The application is refused.

(5) Costs in the case.

Signed: Richard Wright KC
Date: 13th August 2026