December 22, 2025

ELR -v- The London Borough of Bromley (anonymity order)

Administrative Court High Court King's Bench Division Anonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-002667

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court

15 December 2025

Before:

Eleanor Grey KC
Sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Between:

The King
on the application of
ELR

-v-

The London Borough of Bromley

Order

UPON the parties filing a signed Consent Order in the terms below, save for paragraph 8 which was omitted by the parties;

AND UPON the Claimant’s right to statutory anonymity under the Sexual Offences Act 1992 and upon her application for anonymity and reporting restrictions;

AND UPON the Order of Benjamin Douglas-Jones KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, of 16 October 2025 (the “Order”), granting the Claimant permission to proceed with judicial review

AND UPON the Defendant Local Authority:

(a) Offering to provide the Claimant with interim full-time tutoring while the parties discuss alternative schools on 17 October 2025;

(b) Agreeing not to opposite the litigation friend’s intended application for an extension of time to bring an appeal against the contents of sections B, F and I in the Claimant’s EHCP;

(c) Agreeing to offer the Claimant’s litigation friend £1000 per week for 38 weeks to obtain an interim educational package for the Claimant

(d) Agreeing to commission a new independent Educational Psychology Report using an Educational Psychologist of the Local Authority’s choice

AND UPON the Parties agreeing to liaise with all reasonable speed to secure the provision of suitable full-time tutoring to the Claimant, funded by the local authority, within 28 days, pending discussion of alternative school placements

AND UPON the Defendant Local Authority making no admission of liability

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

The Hearing

1. The hearing listed for 16 December 2025 shall be vacated.

2. The substantive element of the claim for judicial review is stayed except for the purposes of carrying the terms of the agreement in the second and third recitals above and for that purpose the parties have permission to apply to restore proceedings without the need to issue fresh proceedings.

3. If no application is made to list the stay in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Order by 10 January 2026 the judicial review shall stand withdrawn.

4. The Defendant shall pay 50% of the Claimant’s reasonable costs of this action to be assessed if not agreed.

5. There shall be a detailed assessment of the Claimant’s publicly funded costs.

Anonymity

6. Under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and pursuant to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, from now on:

a. The Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public;

b. The Claimant’s mother’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public;

c. The Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as “ELR”; and

d. The Claimant’s mother is to be referred to orally and in writing as “CLD”.

7. Pursuant to section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of the Claimant’s mother henceforth or any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant or of the Claimant’s mother in any report of, or otherwise in connection, with these proceedings.

8. Any person wishing to apply to vary or discharge this Order for anonymity must make an application to the Court, served on each party.

Signed: ELEANOR GREY KC
Dated: 15 December 2025