JXT -v- Priory Healthcare Limited (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim Number: QB-2021-001963

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division

12 June 2025

Before:

Master Sullivan

Between:

JXT (Widow and Personal Representative of BXT (Deceased) and on behalf of the Dependants of BXT)

-v-

Priory Healthcare Limited

Order

BEFORE Master Sullivan, sitting at the Royal Courts of Justice, Kings Bench Division, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, at an Approval Hearing on 12 May 2025.

AND UPON the Court having been informed that the Press Association has been notified of this hearing, and there being no attendance by the Press Association or any member of the Press.

AND UPON:
(1) Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimant, the Deceased and the children/Dependants of the Deceased to respect for private and family life, and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
(2) It appearing that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant, the Deceased and the children/Dependants of the Deceased is necessary in order to protect their interests and to secure the proper administration of justice and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure of their names or identifying details.
(3) The Defendant indicating its neutrality to the making of the order and there being no representations from the press or any other interested party.

AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act, 1998, and Rules 5.4C, 5.4D and of the Civil Procedure Rules.

WHEREAS for the purposes of this Order:
(1) ‘Publication’ includes any speech, writing, broadcast, or other communication in whatever form (including internet and social media), which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public.
(2) Publication for the purpose of this Order includes any further publication (as defined in sub-paragraph (1) above) from the date of this Order, even if such information has derived from a previous stage or stages of these proceedings.

IT IS ORDERED that:

  1. The identities of the Claimant as a party to these proceedings, the Deceased and of the children/Dependants of the Deceased are confidential and shall not be published.
  2. Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2(4), there shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Claimant and other immediate family members, including the children/Dependants of the Deceased, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to their identification. The Claimant and the children/Dependants of the Deceased shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
  3. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:
    (i) The Claimant shall be referred to as JXT.
    (ii) The Deceased shall be referred to as BXT.
    (iii) The children/Dependants of the Deceased shall be referred to as AXT, PXT, LXT and EXT respectively.
    (iv) Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the Claimant (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses), the Deceased and/or of children/Dependants of the Deceased shall be redacted before publication.
  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 subparagraphs 3(i) to (iii) above.
    (ii) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(1B) or (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.
  5. The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements of case that have been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 3 above by 2 June 2025.
  6. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 12 May 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.”
  7. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or discharge this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
  8. 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). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to the Judicial Office at judicialwebupdates@judiciary.uk