HXK -v- Tui UK Ltd and others (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: H74YX344

In the County Court at Norwich

1 December 2025

Before:

Her Honour Judge Walden-Smith

Between:

HXK
1st Claimant
Ref KNO2777/1/VCA

-v-

TUI UK LTD
1st Defendant
Ref KXS/003722-0976

and

TUI UK LIMITED
1st Part 20 Claimant
Ref KXS/003722-0976

-v-

CXD
1st Part 20 Defendant

MR APOSTOLOS PETTAS
2nd Part 20 Defendant
Ref 2042266-1PBDJ(DABJ)

TOURISTIKES KAI XENODOHIAKES
EPIXIRISIS PETTA AE (REG NO 124251724000)
3rd Part 20 Defendant
Ref 2042266-1/PDBJ(DABJ)

Order

Before Her Honour Judge Walden-Smith sitting at the County Court at Norwich, Sitting At, Cambridge Hearing Centre, 197 East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1BA.

UPON the order of the court following the hearing on 31 October 2025

AND UPON receipt of the written submissions of leading counsel on behalf of the Claimant and acting as amicus for the court

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. There is to be an anonymity in the form attached hereto to replace the order made on 7 June 2024.
  2. The order dated 7 June 2024 is not discharged until the attached order for anonymity for the claimant and the first third party is sealed and issued by the court and notified to judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk

Order

BEFORE HER HONOUR JUDGE WALDEN-SMITH, considering the anonymity order made on 7th June 2024 in the light of the decision of the Court of Appeal in PMC v Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board [2025] EWCA Civ 1126:

AND UPON CONSIDERING the written submissions dated 19th November 2025 filed and served on behalf of the Claimant:

AND UPON CONSIDERING the Article 8 rights of the Claimant and First Part 20 Defendant to respect for private and family life and the risk of harm that identification may cause to the Claimant and First Part 20 Defendant:

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 and First Part 20 Defendant’s identity is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the Claimant and First Part 20 Defendant’s interests:

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

IT IS ORDERED that:

  1. The names of the Claimant and First Part 20 Defendant 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 HXK;
    (ii) The First Part 20 Defendant shall be referred to as CXD.
  2. The Claimant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted by [the Claimant’s solicitor’s address].
  3. 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 of the Claimant and/or First Part 20 Defendant;
    (b) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant or Part 20 Defendant;
    (c) Any image or likeness of the Claimant or First Part 20 Defendant.
  4. Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this order are not affected by this order.
  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 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 and First Part 20 Defendant unless the court orders otherwise.
  6. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on [date of this Order] 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 and to the First Part 20 Defendant.
  8. This order shall lapse automatically on the death of the Claimant and First Part 20 Defendant 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 officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk