DFG -v- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: KB-2025-BRS-000048

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
BRISTOL DISTRICT REGISTRY
KING’S BENCH DIVISION

12 March 2026

PF10
Anonymity Order for Children and Protected Parties

BEFORE:

District Judge Brown

BETWEEN:

DFG
(On his own behalf and as Executor of the Estate of ABC (Deceased)

-v-

FRIMLEY HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Order

BEFORE District Judge Brown sitting at Bristol District Registry, 2 Redcliff Street, Bristol, BS1 6GR.

UPON HEARING Counsel for the Claimant and Counsel for the Defendant

AND UPON the application notice dated

AND UPON considering the Article 8 rights of the Claimant and the dependants to respect for private and family life and the risk of harm that identification may cause to the Claimant and the dependants

AND UPON CONSIDERING the importance of open justice and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression

AND UPON THE COURT CONSIDERING that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant and the dependants is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and to protect the interests of the Claimant and the dependants

AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to make a reporting restriction order.

IT IS ORDERED that

  1. The names of the Claimant and the dependants are to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and orders in this claim, and for those purposes:
    (i) The Claimant shall be referred to as DFG;
    (ii) The Deceased shall be referred to as ABC
    (iii) The Dependants shall be referred to as HJK and XYZ
  2. The Claimant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted by the Claimant’s solicitor’s address.
  3. 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, workplace, school or any other specific feature of the Claimant.
    (b) The name, address or any other specific feature of the Dependants or Deceased (c) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, Dependants or Deceased.
    (d) Any image or likeness of the Claimant, Dependants or Deceased.
  4. Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this order are not affected by this order.
  5. Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
    (i) 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 subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 above.
    (ii) 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, trustee or deputy unless the court orders otherwise.
  6. The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1 and 2 above by 2nd April 2026 (21 days from date of the order). The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 12th March 2026 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.”
  7. 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.
  8. This order shall lapse automatically on the death of the dependants whose benefit the order is made and its provisions shall have no effect from that time.
  9. Pursuant CPR 39.2(5) a copy of this Order 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