HYC -v- The London Borough of Lambeth (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtCivilHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-001006

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

7 April 2025

Before:

Andrew Kinnier KC
(Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)

Between:

The King
on the application of
HYC

-v-

The London Borough of Lambeth

Order

  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 “HYC”.

(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.

  1. The Claimant’s application for interim relief:

(a) The Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service (CPR 54.8), to include its detailed response to the Claimant’s application for interim relief, must be filed and served by 4pm on Tuesday 15 April 2025.

(b) Any Reply from the Claimant (CPR 54.8A) must be filed and served by 4pm on Tuesday 22 April 2025.

(c) The papers are to be referred to a Judge or Deputy Judge for a decision on the Claimant’s application for interim relief and permission within 7 days of the filing and service of the Claimant’s Reply.

  1. Generally:

(a) The parties have permission to apply to vary or discharge any element of this Order on giving 2 working days’ written notice to the other side.

REASONS

(1) Anonymity: The claim relies on personal and sensitive medical information in which the Claimant has a reasonable expectation of privacy. There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.

(2) Abridgement of time/expedition: As para. 7 of the Claimant’s submissions anticipated, before deciding her application for interim relief [28], it is necessary to have the benefit of the Defendant’s submissions in response. Bearing in mind the nature of the Claimant’s present accommodation as summarised in para. 7 of her submissions [28], time for service of the Defendant’s Acknowledgment of Service (to include its detailed response to the application for interim relief) is abridged as set out in para. 2 of the Order.

Signed: Andrew Kinnier K.C.

Date: 7 April 2025