FOX -v- Borough of Telford and Wrekin (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2025-LON-002838

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

9 March 2026

BEFORE:

RICHARD WRIGHT KC

BETWEEN:

THE KING on the application of
FOX

-v-

Borough of Telford and Wrekin

Order

On the Court reviewing the Court File and noting that on 25th February the parties served a further consent order agreeing an extension of the existing stay on these proceedings.

And Upon the Court noting that the Claimant’s application for anonymity had yet to be determined

ORDER BY RICHARD WRIGHT KC SITTING AS A DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE

  1. Anonymity:
    (a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:
    (i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
    (ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as FOX.
    (b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant in any report of, or otherwise in connection with, these proceedings.
    (c) Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):
    (i) the parties must within 7 days file a redacted copy of any statement of case filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant;
    (ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, a redacted copy omitting that information must be filed at the same time;
    (iii) unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non-party many obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.
    (d) Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.
  2. The stay is extended in accordance with the terms of the Consent Order signed by the parties dated 25th February 2026.

Reasons

Anonymity: There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.