Mr LD -v- TR and others (anonymity order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: KB-2022-MAN-000323

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Manchester District Registry

14 May 2025

Before:

His Honour Judge Bird,
sitting as a Judge of the High Court

Between:

Mr LD
(A Protected Party who proceeds by his Father and
Litigation Friend, Mr LS)
(Claimant)

-v-

TR
(First Defendant/Part 20 Claimant)

and

IA
(Second Defendant)

and

MP
(Third Party/Part 20 Defendant)

Anonymity order

BEFORE His Honour Judge Bird sitting as a Judge of the High Court at Manchester District Registry, Civil Justice Centre, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, M60 9DJ on 14th May 2025

UPON HEARING Leading Counsel for the Claimant and Leading Counsel for the Defendant

AND WHEREAS the Claimant is a protected party who brings his claim by his Litigation Friend

AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s Article 8 right respect for a private and family life and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression

AND UPON IT APPEARING that non-disclosure of the identity of the parties in this action is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Claimant

AND PURSUANT to Rule 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules and Section 2 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and Rules 5.4 and 5.4(b) of the Civil Procedure Rules.

WARNING: you must comply with the terms imposed upon you by this Order: otherwise, your case is liable to be struck out or some other sanction imposed. If you cannot comply you are expected to make a formal application to the Court before any deadline imposed upon you expires.

IT IS ORDERED THAT:-

  1. The identity of the Claimant, of the Defendant and of the Litigation Friend be not disclosed.
  2. (a) That the Claimant and Litigation Friend henceforth be described in all statements of case, judgements or order and other document (but for the avoidance of doubt not including expert reports served and/or filed in the proceedings, medical records, school records, case management records and other similar documentation obtained through the disclosure process) in the proceedings and in any report of the proceedings by the press or otherwise as “LD” and “LS” (or in another anonymised form as ordered) meaning that the other parties in the proceedings shall henceforth be known as “Defendant TR”, Second Defendant “IA” and Third party/part 20 defendant “MP”.
  3. That the address of the Claimant and of the Litigation Friend be stated in all statements of case and other documents to be filed or served in the proceedings as the address of the Claimants’ Solicitors.
  4. That in so far as necessary any statement of case or other document disclosing the Claimants’ name or address or the name or address of the Litigation Friend already filed in the proceedings be replaced by a document describing such name or address in an anonymised form as above.
  5. That a non-party will not inspect or obtain any copy of any documents on or from the Court file (other than this Order duly anonymised as directed) without the permission of a Master or District Judge. Any application for such permission must be made on notice to the Claimant and the Court will effect service. The file is to be retained by the Court and marked “anonymised”.
  6. That reporting restrictions apply to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the subsequent identification of the Claimant or Litigation Friend. The publication of the name and address of the Claimant and/or any member of the Claimant’s immediate family or the name or address of the Litigation Friend is prohibited.
  7. That provided that the parties and all their advisors and/or any Deputy appointed for the Claimant do not publish any documents containing references to those mentioned in paragraph 1 above by name, the parties are at liberty to retain their files in this case without alteration or substitution to retain and generate documentation which identifies those people for the purposes of their continuing professional rights and obligations under the main Settlement Order and paragraphs 1 to 4 and 6 shall not apply in those respects.
  8. The Defendant may apply under Rule 23.10 to have this Order set aside or varied.
  9. That any non-party affected by this Order may apply on notice to all parties to have this Order set aside or varied.

DATED this 14th day of May 2025