H1Z -v- Croydon Health Services NHS Trust (anonymity order)
Claim number: KB-2022-005091
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
19 November 2025
Before:
Master Sullivan
Between:
H1Z
-v-
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Order
UPON the application notice of the Claimant dated 18 June 2025.
BEFORE Master Sullivan sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice on 19 November 2025
AND UPON CONSIDERING the Article 8 rights of the Claimant/other persons to respect for private and family life and the risk of harm that identification may cause to the Claimant/other persons.
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 Claimant’s/other person’s identity is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the Claimant’s/other person’s interests.
AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to make a reporting restriction order
IT IS ORDERED that
- The names of the Claimant, the Claimant’s daughter and the Claimant’s husband 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 [H1Z];
(ii) The Claimant’s daughter shall be referred to as [U1Z];
(iii) The Claimant’s husband shall be referred to as [M1Z]
(iv) The Claimant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted by Irwin Mitchell LLP The Northcliffe, 28 Tudor Street, Temple, London EC4Y 0AY. - 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:
(a) The name or address or workplace/any other specific feature of the Claimant andthe Claimant’s husband;
(b) The name or address or school of the Claimant’s daughter;
(c) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, the Claimant’s daughter and the Claimant’s husband.
(d) Any image or likeness of the Claimant, the Claimant’s daughter and the Claimant’s husband. - Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this order are not affected by this order.
- 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 and 2 above.
(ii) 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. - The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1 and 2 above by 11 December 2025.
- The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 19 November 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.”
- 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.
- This order shall lapse automatically on the latest of the death of the Claimant, her daughter or husband and its provisions shall have no effect from that time.
- 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.
- The costs of obtaining this order be costs in the case.