DCA -v- Lancashire County Council and Ministry of Justice (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: H03LV853

In the County Court at Liverpool

30 June 2026

Before:

DDJ Harney

Between:

DCA
(Claimant)

-v-

(1) Lancashire County Council
(2) Ministry of Justice

Order

BEFORE DDJ Harney sitting at the Liverpool County Court on 8 June 2026 and conducting a telephone hearing

UPON reading the Claimant’s application notice and the evidence in support

AND UPON hearing counsel for the Claimant and solicitors for the First and Second Defendant

AND UPON the court’s understanding that the persons named in the schedule to this order have a statutory right to anonymity under s1 Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992, and in the alternative the court being of the view that anonymity is appropriate due to the risk of jigsaw identification

AND UPON CONSIDERING the Claimant’s Article 3 and Article 8 ECHR rights

IT IS ORDERED that:

  1. The persons named in the Schedule to this Order shall have anonymity in this claim.
  2. The names of persons in the Schedule to this Order are to be withheld in all statements of case, judgments and orders in this claim, and the corresponding pseudonyms shall instead be used.
  3. The Claimant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted by the Claimant’s solicitor’s address.
  4. No report, whether oral or in writing, or other communication in whatever form (including internet or social
    media) addressed to the public at large or any section of the public, of or concerning this claim which is published from the date of this order may include:
    (a) The name, address or date of birth of the persons named in the Schedule to this Order;
    (b) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the persons named in the Schedule to this Order;
    (c) Any image or likeness of the persons named in the Schedule to this Order.
  5. Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
    a. A person who is not a party to the proceedings may not obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the Court records unless the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4 above.
    b. If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C (2)) for permission to inspect or obtain a copy of any other document or communication, such application shall be on at least 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor.
  6. The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court amended statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 4 above within 21 days from the date of this Order.
  7. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on [date of this Order] and any application by a non-party to inspect or obtain a copy document from this file must be dealt with in accordance with the terms of that Order.”
  8. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or set aside this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  9. This Order shall lapse automatically on the death of the Claimant and its provisions shall have no effect from that time.
  10. Pursuant to CPR r.39.2(5) a copy of this Order (save for the attached Schedule) shall be published on the website of the Judiciary of England and Wales (www.judiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the Order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
  11. Costs in the case.