KAA and others -v- The Home Office (anonymity order)
Case number: M12CL240
In the County Court at Central London
16 December 2025
Before:
Her Honour Judge Bloom
Between:
KAA
1st Claimant Ref MPS/10359
OAB
2nd Claimant Ref MPS/10359
AAC
3rd Claimant Ref MPS/10359
SAD
4th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
YAE
5th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
AAF
6th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
TAG
7th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
AAH
8th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MXX
9th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
IAJ
10th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
RAK
11th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MAL
12th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MAM
13th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MAN
14th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MAO
15th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
AAP
16th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
EAQ
17th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
TAR
18th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
AAS
19th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
DAT
20th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
RAU
21st Claimant Ref MPS/10359
BAV
22nd Claimant Ref MPS/10359
DAW
23rd Claimant Ref MPS/10359
SAX
24th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
“IAY” by his L/F, “MAA”
25th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
BAZ
26th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
KBA
27th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
BBB
28th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
SBC
29th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MBD
30th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
YXE
31st Claimant Ref MPS/10359
PBF
32nd Claimant Ref MPS/10359
MXG
33rd Claimant Ref MPS/10359
ABH
34th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
JBI
35th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
“BBJ” by his L/F, “JBI”
36th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
“BBK” by her L/F, “JBI”
37th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
NBL
38th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
SBM, by his L/F, “NBL”
39th Claimant Ref MPS/10359
-v-
The Home Office
Anonymity order
Before Her Honour Judge Bloom sitting at the County Court at Central London, Thomas More Building, Royal Courts Of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL.
UPON considering the N244 and witness statement of Mark Scott and accompanying exhibit
AND UPON:
1) Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimants 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 Claimants is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of the Claimants and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.
AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and CPR rules 5.4C, 5.4D and 39.2(4)
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 subparagraph 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:
- The identity of the Claimants as parties to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published.
- 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 Claimants, other immediate family members, Litigation Friends or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of the Claimants in these proceedings. The Claimants shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
- In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto: i. The First Claimant shall be referred to as “KAA ”.
ii. The Second Claimant shall be referred to as “OAB”.
iii. The Third Claimant shall be referred to as “AAC”.
iv. The Fourth Claimant shall be referred to as “SAD”.
v. The Fifth Claimant shall be referred to as “YAE”
vi. The Sixth Claimant shall be referred to as “AAF”
vii. The Seventh Claimant shall be referred to as “TAG”.
viii. The Eighth Claimant shall be referred to as “AAH”.
ix. The Ninth Claimant shall be referred to as “MXX”.
x. The Tenth Claimant shall be referred to as “IAJ”.
xi. The Eleventh Claimant shall be referred to as “RAK”.
xii. The Twelfth Claimant shall be referred to as “MAL”.
xiii. The Thirteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “MAM”.
xiv. The Fourteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “MAN”.
xv. The Fifteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “MAO”
xvi. The Sixteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “AAP”.
xvii. The Seventeenth Claimant shall be referred to as “EAQ”.
xviii. The Eighteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “TAR”.
xix. The Nineteenth Claimant shall be referred to as “AAS”.
xx. The Twentieth Claimant shall be referred to as “DAT”.
xxi. The Twenty First Claimant shall be referred to as “RAU”.
xxii. The Twenty Second Claimant shall be referred to as “BAV”.
xxiii. The Twenty Third Claimant shall be referred to as “DAW”.
xxiv. The Twenty Fourth Claimant shall be referred to as “SAX ”.
xxv. The Twenty Fifth Claimant shall be referred to as “IAY”, and his litigation friend as “MAA”.
xxvi. The Twenty Sixth Claimant shall be referred to as “BAZ”.
xxvii. The Twenty Seventh Claimant shall be referred to as “KBA”.
xxviii. The Twenty Eighth Claimant shall be referred to as “BBB”
xxix. The Twenty Ninth Claimant shall be referred to as “SBC”
xxx. The Thirtieth Claimant shall be referred to as “MBD”.
xxxi. The Thirty First Claimant shall be referred to as “YXE”.
xxxii. The Thirty Second Claimant shall be referred to as “PBF”.
xxxiii. The Thirty Third Claimant shall be referred to as “MXG”.
xxxiv. The Thirty Fourth Claimant shall be referred to as “ABH”.
xxxv. The Thirty Fifth Claimant shall be referred to as “JBI”.
xxxvi. The Thirty Sixth Claimant shall be referred to as “BBJ”, and by his litigation friend as “JBI”.
xxxvii. The Thirty Seventh Claimant shall be referred to as “BBK”, and by her litigation friend as “JBI”.
xxxviii. The Thirty Eighth Claimant shall be referred to as “NBL”.
xxxix. The Thirty Ninth Claimant shall be referred to as “SBM”, and by his litigation friend as “NBL”.
xl. 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) shall be redacted before publication. - 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 (xl) 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 Claimants’ solicitor, trustee or deputy.
- The Claimants’ solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements of case that has been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 3 above within 21 days from date of the order, and re-filed in the event that any statement of case is amended, within 21 days of such amendment being approved.
- The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 04 December 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.”
- 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 Claimants’ solicitor, trustee or deputy.
- 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. - The costs of obtaining this order be costs in the case.
Dated 4 December 2025