EPM and another -v- Murley and another (anonymity order)
Case number: M000CF940
In the County Court at Cardiff
22 September 2025
Before:
District Judge Bayoumi
Between:
(1) EPM
(a child protected by their litigation friend, TBC)
(2) RSM
(a child protected by their litigation friend, TBC)
-v-
(1) Gavin Michael Murley
(2) Maria Luzmela Perez Blanco
Order
Before District Judge Bayoumi sitting at the County Court at Cardiff, Cardiff Civil Justice Centre, 2 Park Street, Cardiff, CF10 1ET.
UPON the application notice dated 16 July 2025.
1. Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimants to respect for private and family life, and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
2. It appearing that non-disclosure of the identities of the Claimants is necessary to secure the proper administration of Justice and in order to protect the interests of the Claimants and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.
3. The Defendant indicating its neutrality to the making of the Order and there being no representations from the press or any other interested party.
AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and CPR rules 5.4C, 5.4D and 39.2(4).
WHEREAS for the purpose of this Order:
(1) ‘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.
(2) Publication for the purpose of this Order include any further publication (as defined in subparagraph (i) above) from the date of this Order, even if such information has derived from a previous stage or stages of these proceedings.
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. The identities of the Claimants as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published.
2. The address of the Claimants and the property subject to imminent proceedings is confidential and shall not published.
3. Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2(4), there shall not be disclosed in any reports of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Claimants, other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of the Claimant in these proceedings. The Claimants shall be referred to as set out in paragraph 3 of this Order.
4. In any Judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:
(i) The First Claimant shall be referred to as “EPM” and the Second Claimant shall be referred to as “RSM”.
(ii) Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the Claimant (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
5. 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 Courts records unless the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised in accordance with subparagraphs 3(i) to (iii) above.
(ii) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4(1B) or (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.
6. The Claimants’ Solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements of case that have been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 3 above by 29 August 2025.
7. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 08 August 2025 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”.
8. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or discharge this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s Solicitor, trustee or deputy.
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. No order as to costs.
Dated 08 August 2025