HXB -v- Powys County Council (anonymity order)

CivilCounty CourtAnonymity OrderOrder

Claim No: N00CF089

At the County Court at Cardiff
Cardiff Civil Justice Centre

23 January 2026

Before:
Before District Judge Evans

Between:
HXB
-v-
Powys County Council

UPON READING the Claimant’s application dated 23 January 2026

AND UPON CONSIDERING the protective nature of the approval jurisdiction pursuant to r.21.10 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

AND UPON CONSIDERING the Article 8 rights of the Claimant to respect for private and family like and the risk of harm that identification may cause to the Claimant

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 identity is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the Claimant’s interests

AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to make a reporting restriction order

IT IS ORDERED THAT

  1. The name of the Claimant and his mother and his adoptive maternal grandparents are to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and or orders in this claim, and for those purposes:
    (i) The Claimant shall be referred to as HXB.
    (ii) The Claimant’s mother shall be referred to as HBB.
    (iii) The Claimant’s adoptive maternal grandmother shall be referred to as HXA.
    (iv) The Claimant’s adoptive maternal grandfather shall be referred to as HXP
  2. 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 school / or workplace / any other specific feature of the Claimant
    b) The name or address of the Claimant’s mother and adoptive maternal grandparents
    c) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant or the Claimant’s mother or the Claimant’s adoptive maternal grandparents.
    d) Any image or likeness of the Claimant or the Claimant’s mother of the Claimant’s adoptive maternal grandparents.
  3. Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this Order are not affected by this Order.
  4. 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 sub paragraph 1 above.
    (b) 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.
  5. The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1 above by 21 days from date of the Order.
  6. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 5th February 2026 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.”
  7. 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, trustees or deputy.
  8. This Order shall lapse automatically on the death of the Claimant, and its provisions shall have no effect from that time.
  9. 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 Office will send a copy of the Order by email to the Judicial Office.
  10. Costs in the case.

    EXCEPTIONS:
  11. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to:-
    (i) Any communications between the Court Funds Office and an anonymised party in relation to the payment of money into the Court Funds Office for the benefit of an anonymised party or the investment of treatment of payment out of such money.
    (ii) Any communications between the Court Funds Office, an anonymised party, and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt of investment of such money.
    (iii) Any records kept by the Court Funds Office, an anonymised party, and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of the Claimant’s money.
    (iv) Retention by all parties to the Claim, their representatives and their advisers of their unredacted files for the purposes of their continuing functions, their regulatory obligations and their obligations in relation to the proceedings.
    (v) Communications between the Defendant, their insurers, or their successors in title and their legal and professional advisers, reinsurers, HM Revenue and Customs (or its successor), the Compensation Recovery Unit or any other person required by law.
    (vi) Communications between the anonymised party’s representatives and advisors in managing that party’s affairs.
    (vii) Communications for the purpose of obtaining medical care, advice or treatment for the anonymised party.