Dr Nitin Verma -v- JAJ (anonymity order)
Claim number: M10CL308
In the County Court at Central London
10 March 2026
Before:
His Honour Judge Parfitt
Between:
Dr Nitin Verma
-v-
JAJ
Order
Before His Honour Judge Parfitt sitting at the County Court at Mayors & City Of London Court, The Guildhall Building, Basinghall Street, London, EC2V 5AR.
UPON HEARING Mr Chinonso Ijezie, Solicitor Advocate, for the Defendant, and the Claimant in person.
AND UPON the Defendant’s application dated 18 November 2025 and further developed orally, for an order pursuant to CPR r.39.2(4) and CPR r.5.4C(4)(c) (the “Anonymity/Reporting Restrictions Order”).
AND UPON CONSIDERING the Article 8 ECHR rights of the Defendant and her minor child to respect for
private and family life, and the risk of harm that identification may cause to them.
AND UPON CONSIDERING the principles of open justice and Article 10 ECHR and undertaking the requisite
balancing exercise between the competing rights under Articles 8 and 10 ECHR.
AND UPON THE COURT CONCLUDING that non-disclosure of the identities of the Defendant and her minor child is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and to protect their wellbeing, and that there is no countervailing public interest in disclosure.
AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to impose reporting restrictions.
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
- Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2(4):
(i) the identities of the Defendant and her minor child shall not be disclosed or published;
(ii) no report of these proceedings, or any publication of any kind (including online or social media), shall include:
a. the name, address, or any identifying feature of the Defendant or her minor child, including the child’s school;
b. any information likely to lead to the identification of the Defendant or her child; and
c. any image or likeness of the Defendant or her minor child;
(iii) in any judgment or report, the Defendant shall be referred to as “JAJ”, and her child shall be referred to as “the child” (or another cypher as the Court may direct); and
(iv) any details which, alone or combined with publicly available information, could identify the Defendant or her minor child (including names of immediate family members, including the child’s father or addresses) shall be redacted or anonymised before publication. - Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
(i) access to the Court file is restricted;
(ii) a non-party may only obtain a copy of any statement of case, application notice, evidence, judgment, order, or other document (including any communication) from the Court file, if the names and identifying details of the Defendant and her child are redacted or anonymised, and only with the permission of HHJ Parfitt or, if unavailable, any other judge; and
(iii) any application by a non-party for permission to inspect or obtain documents from the Court’s file shall be made on at least 7 days’ notice to the Defendant’s solicitors. - The Court file shall be clearly marked: “An anonymity order was made in this case on 9th 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.”
- Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to vary or discharge this Order, on 7 days’ notice to the Defendant’s solicitors.
- The Defendant’s solicitors, to which notice of any application made in accordance with paragraphs 2(iii) and 4 above must be given, are:
Piperjuris Solicitors & Advocates Ltd
Unit 3
30 Drayton Park
Highbury
London
Tel: 02039413784
Fax: 020379485116.
Pursuant to 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