JS -v- DR and others (anonymity order)

Court of Appeal Civil DivisionFamily CourtAnonymity Order

Case number: CA-2024-001705

In the Court of Appeal
on appeal from the Family Court
ZZ21D47299

14 April 2025

Before:

Lady Justice King

Between:

JS

-v-

DR and others

Order

UPON IT APPEARING that non-disclosure of the identity of the Applicant is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Applicant

AND PURSUANT to rule 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules and section II of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and rules 5.4C and 5.4D of the Civil Procedure Rules.

AND UPON the judge at first instance having published an anonymised judgment and permission to appeal two separate judgments having been refused

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. There should be no disclosure or publication by the press or otherwise of the Applicant’s name or address or of any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Applicant in these applications for permission to appeal.
  2. In any order, judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication by whatever medium, the Applicant shall be referred to as shall be referred to as JS.  
  3. A non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document from the Court file in accordance with CPR 5.4C unless any references to the Appellant are anonymised in accordance with the terms of this order.
  4. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to set aside or vary this Order, provided that any such application is made on notice to the Applicant.
  5. Pursuant to the ‘Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders’ issued by the Master of the Rolls dated 16 April 2019 a copy of this Order shall be published on the Judicial Website of the High Court of Justice (www.judiciary.uk) in anonymised form. For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk.
  6. The costs of obtaining this order be costs in the case.

BY THE COURT