DRXB -v- Southampton Football Club Limited (anonymity order)
Claim no: SC-2024-APP-000315
Senior Court Costs Office
Royal Courts of Justice
9 August 2024
Before:
Judge Leonard
Between:
DRXB
-v-
Southampton Football Club Limited
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ANONYMITY ORDER
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UPON the Claimant’s Application Notice issued on 7 May 2024
AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life and the Article 10 right of freedom of expression
AND UPON it appearing that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and to protect the interests of the Claimant, and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure
AND PURSUANT to s 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, s11 Contempt of Court Act 1981 and CPR Rule 5.4A to 5.4D and CPR Rule 39.2(4) and the inherent jurisdiction of the court
WHEREAS for the purposes of this order “Publication” includes any speech, writing, broadcast, or other communication in whatever form (including internet and social media), which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public
IT IS ORDERED that
1. The identity of the Claimant as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be
published.
2. There be substituted for all purposes of this case, in place of references to the Claimant, and
whether orally or in writing, references to the letters DRXB.
3. To the extent necessary to protect the claimant’s identity, any other references, whether to persons or places or otherwise, be adjusted appropriately, with permission to the parties to apply in default of agreement as to the manner of such adjustments.
4. So far as the claim form, or any judgment or order, or any other document to which anyone might have access pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4A-D at any time does not comply with the above, the claimant’s solicitor has leave to file with the court copies of such document adjusted so as to comply therein. Such copies are to be treated for all purposes as being in substitution for the relevant originals; and the originals are then to be retained by the court and/or on HMCTS e-filing service system marked as confidential.
5. A non-party may not obtain any copy statement of case or other document from the court file
unless it has been edited (anonymised) in accordance with this direction.
6. Reporting restrictions apply as to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the
subsequent identification of the parties.
7. The claimant has permission to issue the claim form giving the address of their solicitors in place of their residential address. A copy of the Claim Form with the claimant’s full name and address is to be placed on the HMCTS e-filing system marked as confidential.
8. Any party affected by this order may apply on notice without restriction of time for an order
varying or setting aside this order.
9. Pursuant to the ‘Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders’ issued by the Master of the Rolls dated 16 April 2019 a copy of this Order shall be published on the Judicial Website of the High Court of Justice (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.
10. Costs in the case.
Dated: 5 August 2024