LG -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2025-LON-002331

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

15 October 2025

Before:

Richard Kimblin KC
(sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

In the matter of an application for judicial review

The King

on the application of

LG

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Anonymity Order

On an application by the Claimant for an anonymity order.

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant.

ORDER BY RICHARD KIMBLIN KC (SITTING AS A DEPUTY HIGH COURT JUDGE)

  1. Anonymity:
    (a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and the Court’s inherent jurisdiction:

    (i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public;

    (ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as LG.

    (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 dentification 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.

    (d) Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.

    REASONS
    (1) Anonymity: The principle of open justice is the starting point and deviation from that requires clear and cogent reasons.
    (2) In this case I am willing to grant the order sought for the following reasons.
    (3) The Claimant’s case is that she is the victim of modern slavery. She is present in the UK in a vulnerable position as to language, accommodation and means. If her account is accepted then there is good reason to protect her identity from the family who it is said to have kept her captive.
    (4) There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.