Milton Keynes City Council -v- AB (anonymity order)
Claim number: N70MK025
In the County Court at Milton Keynes
13 July 2026
Before:
Deputy District Judge Camp
Between:
Milton Keynes City Council
(Claimant)
-v-
AB
(a protected party, by The Official Solicitor as her Litigation Friend)
(Defendant)
Order
IN CLAIM NUMBERS M00MK648 & N70MK025
Before Deputy District Judge Camp sitting at the County Court in Milton Keynes on 13 July 2026
UPON HEARING Counsel for the Claimant and Counsel for the Defendant
UPON reading the Defendant’s Application Notice, expert report, including the addendum thereto and Witness Statement of Olusegun Ajayi
UPON CONSIDERING the protective nature of the approval jurisdiction pursuant to r.21.10 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998
AND UPON CONSIDERING the Article 8 rights of the Defendant to respect for private and family life and the risk of harm that identification may cause to the Defendant.
AND UPON CONSIDERING the importance of open justice and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression
AND UPON THE COURT CONCLUDING that non-disclosure of the Defendant’s identity is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the Defendant’s interests
AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to make a reporting restriction order
AND UPON the Court being satisfied that it is necessary to protect the Defendant’s interest and private life and rights under Article 8 ECHR and that the derogation from open justice is necessary and proportionate
IT IS ORDERED that:
- The name of the Defendant to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and orders in this claim, and for those purposes:
(i) The Defendant shall be referred to as AB;
- The Defendant’s address on the claim form shall be substituted by the Defendant’s solicitor’s address.
- No report, whether oral or in writing, or other communication in whatever form (including internet or social media) addressed to the public at large or any section of the public, of or concerning this claim which is published from the date of this order may include:
(a) The name or address GP, mental health support of the Defendant; (b) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the Defendant; (c) Any image or likeness of the Defendant.
- Any reports or other communications to the public which exist prior to the date of this order are not affected by this order.
- 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 1 [and 2] above.
(ii) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(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 Defendant’s solicitor, the Official Solicitor as the Defendant’s litigation friend in these proceedings, and the Defendant’s trustee or deputy unless the court orders otherwise.
- The Defendant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1 and 2 above by 4 pm on 3 August 2026.
- The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 13 July 2026, 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 set aside this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Defendant’s solicitor, the Official Solicitor as the Defendant’s litigation friend in these proceedings, and the Defendant’s trustee or deputy.
- This order shall lapse automatically on the death of the Defendant and its provisions shall have no effect from that time.
- Pursuant CPR 39.2(5) a copy of this Order shall be published on the website of the Judiciary of England and Wales (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.
- Costs in the case.
Dated: 13 July 2026