Disclosure and Barring Service -v- RI (anonymity order)
Case number: CA-2022-001651
In the Court of Appeal
20 April 2023
Before:
Lord Justice Bean
Between:
Disclosure and Barring Service
-v-
RI
Anonymity Order
UPON READING the papers and without an oral hearing:
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
- The Respondent be referred to as RI in these proceedings.
- There should be no disclosure or publication of the Respondent’s name or address or of any information likely to lead members of the public to identify the Respondent or a member of the Respondent’s family.
- Order pursuant to CPR 5.4C that a non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document from the court file without the permission of a judge.
REASONS
I have balanced the right to privacy of the Respondent against the right of freedom of expression and the public interest in open justice. It is necessary and proportionate to grant anonymity to the Respondent. Although it is not decisive, the Upper Tribunal did so in the decision from which this appeal is brought.