CSR -v- Westminster City Council (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-002869

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

29 August 2025

Before:

The Hon. Mrs Justice Tipples DBE

Between:

The King
on the application of
CSR
(a child by CTE her litigation friend)

-v-

Westminster City Council

Order

On an application by the Claimant for urgent consideration, interim relief and directions

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER by the Hon. Mrs Justice Tipples DBE:

  1. Anonymity:

(a) Under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and pursuant to 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 “CSR” and her litigation friend is referred to as “CTE”.

(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 and serve a redacted copy of any statement of case already 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 and must then be served with the unredacted version;

(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. Timetable for response etc:

(a) The Defendant may file and serve any response to the application for interim relief/directions by 4pm on Tuesday 2 September 2025.

(b) The Claimant may file and serve a reply to that response by 4pm on Wednesday 3 September 2025.

(c) The papers are to be referred to a judge or deputy judge as soon as possible thereafter for a decision whether to grant interim relief or such other directions and/or orders as may be appropriate.

REASONS

Anonymity: The application is a child aged 12 and her litigation friend is her mother. Given the relationship between the litigation friend and the applicant, in order to protect the interests of the applicant (which is plainly necessary given she is child) both the applicant and her mother need to be anonymised. There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1 of this Order.

Response to application: The defendant should be given an opportunity to respond to this application before any substantive directions and/or orders are made in respect of it.

Signed: Mrs Justice Tipples
Dated: 29/08/25