DXK and another -v- William Samuel and others (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

CLAIM NO. KB-2025-MAN-000382

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

19 January 2026

Before:

District Judge Peters

Between:

DXK

MXH

(Both Joint Administrators of the Estate of MXA, Deceased, and On Behalf of His Dependants)

-v-

WILLIAM SAMUEL

NFU MUTUAL INSURANCE SOCIETY

MOTOR INSURERS’ BUREAU

Order

WARNING: you must comply with the terms imposed upon you by this Order: otherwise, your case is liable to be struck out or some other sanction imposed. If you cannot comply you are expected to make a formal application to the Court before any deadline imposed upon you expires.  

BEFORE District Judge Peters sitting at Manchester High Court on Monday 19 January 2026

UPON HEARING Counsel for the Claimants

AND UPON consideration of the application notice dated 07 November 2025

AND UPON CONSIDERING the Article 8 rights of the First Claimant, Second Claimant and dependants to respect for private and family life and the risk of harm that identification may cause to those individuals

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

AND UPON THE COURT CONCLUDING that non-disclosure of the identity of the First Claimant, Second Claimant, Litigation Friends, the Dependants and the Deceased is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect their interests

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 First Claimant, Second Claimant, Litigation Friends, the Dependants and the Deceased are to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and orders and any other documents in this claim, and for those purposes:
    i) The First Claimant (and Litigation Friend of the First Dependant) shall be referred to as DXK;
    ii) The Second Claimant (and Litigation Friend of the Second Dependant) shall be referred to as MXH;
    iii) The First Dependant shall be referred to as MXD;
    iv) The Second Dependant shall be referred to as MXM;
    v) The Third Dependant shall be referred to as MXF;
    vi) The Fourth Dependant shall be referred to as LXF;
    vii) The Fifth Dependant shall be referred to as LXS;
    viii) The Deceased shall be referred to as MXA
  2. The First and Second Claimant’s addresses on the claim form and, where applicable other documents, 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, and statements of case and other documents subsequently to be filed in the proceedings, may include:
    a) The name or address or workplace of the First Claimant;
    b) The name or address or workplace of the Second Claimant;
    c) The name or address or workplace of the Litigation Friends (also being the First and Second Claimants)
    d) The name or address or schools of the Dependants;
    e) The name or address or workplace of the Deceased;
    f) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the First Claimant, Second Claimant, Litigation Friends, the Dependants and the Deceased;
    g) Any image or likeness of the First Claimant, Second Claimant, Litigation Friends, the Dependants and the 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 5.4B(1) and (2):
    i) The First Defendant may not obtain a copy of the documents listed in paragraph 4.2A of Practice Direction 5A from the Court records unless those documents have been anonymised in accordance with subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 above.
    ii) The First Defendant may not obtain from the records of the Court a copy of any other document filed by a party or communication between the Court and a party or another person unless those documents have been anonymised in accordance with subparagraphs 1, 2 and 3 above.
  6. 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 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.
  7. In so far as is necessary the Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case or document anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1, 2 and 3 above by 4pm on 09 February 2026.
  8. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 19 January 2026 and any application by the First Defendant and/or 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.”
  9. The Claimants shall file this Order and serve the same upon the Defendants.
  10.  Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or set aside this Order within 14 days of service of the Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  11. 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.
  12. The order does not prohibit the following:
    i) Communication using the correct name between that individual’s appointed representatives and advisers, such as a solicitor, Litigation Friend, attorney, trustee or deputy, or expert instructed by that individual.
    iI) Communications and applications between the Claimants and the Court in relation to fee remission.
    iii) Communications between the Court Funds Office and the parties in relation to the payment of money into the Court Funds Office for the benefit of the anonymised parties or the investment or treatment of payment out of such money.
    iv) Communications between the Court Funds Office, the anonymised parties, and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of such money.
    v) Records kept by the Court or the  Court Funds Office, the anonymised parties, and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of the Claimant’s money.
    vi) Retention by all parties to the claim, their representatives, and their advisers of their unredacted files for the purposes of their continuing functions and obligations in relation to the proceedings.
    vii) Communications between their insurers, or their successors in title and their legal and professional advisers, reinsurers, HM Revenue and Customs (or its successor), the Compensation Recovery Unit or any other person required by law.
    viii) Communications for the purpose of obtaining medical care, advice or treatment for the anonymised parties.

Stay of Proceedings

13. The claim shall be stayed until 4pm on 18 January 2027 and the date for service of the claim form shall be extended to 4pm on 15 February 2027.

    Costs

    14. Costs in the case