KLA -v- Paul Goddard (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: KB-2023-001725

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division

21 July 2025

Before:

Richard Wright KC
(Sitting as a Deputy Judge in the High Court)

Between:

KLA
(A Protected Person, by his Litigation Friend,
XYZ)

-v-

Paul Goddard

Anonymity order

BEFORE Richard Wright KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice, the Strand, London on 21 July 2025, at 2pm

UPON HEARING Mr Julian Matthews, Counsel for the Claimant, and Mr Christian Du Cann, Counsel for the Defendant,

AND UPON the Claimant’s Application Notice dated 24 June 2025
(1) Consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Claimant 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 is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of the Claimant and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure

(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 UPON the Court considering that there should be both a withholding order in respect of non-disclosure of the Claimant’s identity, and a reporting restriction order

AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, CPR rules 5.4C, 5.4D and 39.2(4), the Children and Young Persons Act, the inherent jurisdiction of the Court, section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981, and section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981

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 (i) 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 The identity of the Claimant as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published.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, the Claimant’s Litigation Friend or other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of the Claimant in these proceedings. The Claimant and the Litigation Friend 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 “KLA”.
(ii) The Litigation Friend shall be referred to as “XYZ”.
(iii) 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.”
  2. 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.
  3. The provisions of this Order shall not apply:-
    (i) to communications between the Court Funds Office and the anonymised party or Litigation Friend in relation to the payment of money into the Court Funds Office for the benefit of the anonymised party or the investment or treatment of payment out of such money;
    (ii) to communications between the Court Funds Office and/or the anonymised party or Litigation Friend and any financial institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of such money; or
    (iii) to records kept by the Court Funds Office or the anonymised party or Litigation Friend or any such financial institution in relation to such money.
  4. 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.
  5. Nothing in paragraphs 1 to 8 above shall prohibit the Defendant, the Defendant’s insurers or their successors in title from disclosing the Claimant’s name, address or any other information tending to identify him to their reinsurers, their legal and professional advisers, the Compensation Recovery Unit of the Department for Work and Pensions (or any successor) or to HM Revenue & Customs (or any successor) or any other person required by law.
  6. The costs of obtaining this Order be costs in the case.
  7. Subject to paragraph 7 above, this order shall subsist for the lifetime of the Claimant. Dated this 21 day of July 2025

Dated this 21 day of July 2025