EA -v- Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Case number: 197DC889

In the County Court at York

14 May 2026

Before:

Deputy District Judge Hoppen

Between:

EA,
(Litigation Friend: MB)

-v-

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

Order

BEFORE Deputy District Judge Hoppen sitting at the County Court at York, Piccadilly House, 55 Piccadilly, York, YO1 9WL.

UPON hearing Counsel from both parties,

IT IS ORDERED THAT

  1. The claim is dismissed.
  2. The claimant is to pay the defendant’s costs to be assessed if not agreed and not to be enforced without leave of the court.
  3. The court makes an anonymity order pursuant to CPR 39 to ensure the protection of the claimant’s identity on the following terms:

    a. The name of the Claimant and the Litigation Friend 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 EA;

ii. The Litigation Friend shall be referred to as MB.

b. 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:

i. The name or address or school of the Claimant;

ii. The name or address of the Litigation Friend/Claimant’s parent;

iii. Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant or Litigation Friend.

iv. Any image or likeness of the Claimant or Litigation Friend.

v. Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this order are not affected by this order.

vi. Pursuant to CPR Rules 5.4C and 5.4D:

  1. 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 the provisions above.
  2. 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.

vii. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 10.04.26 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.”

viii. 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.

c. 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.

Dated 10 April 2026