NAY -v- Cambridgeshire County Council (anonymity order)
Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order
Case number: AC-2026LON-002779
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court
In the matter of an application for judicial review
22 June 2026
Before:
Susie Alegre
sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court
Between:
The King
on the application of
NAY
(by her litigation friend, NAX)
(Claimant)
-v-
Cambridgeshire County Council
(Defendant)
Order
On an application by the Claimant for
Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant
ORDER BY Susie Alegre sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court
- Anonymity:
(a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:
(i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
(ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as NAY and her litigation friend as NAX
(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 identification 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.
- Rolled-up hearing:
The application for permission to apply for judicial review is adjourned to be listed as a “rolled-up” hearing. If permission is granted, the court will proceed immediately to determine the claim. - Expedition:
The hearing is to be listed as soon as practicable and no later than 31 July 2026. - Case Management Directions:
(a) The Claimant must, within 7 days of the date of service of this Order, file an undertaking to pay the continuation fee (see below) if permission to apply for judicial review is granted.
(b) The Defendant must, within 14 days of the date of service of this Order, file and serve (i) Detailed Grounds for contesting the claim or supporting it on additional grounds and (ii) any written evidence to be relied on.
(c) The Defendant may comply with sub-paragraph (a)(i) above by filing and serving a document which states that its Summary Grounds are to stand as the Detailed Grounds required by CPR 54.14.
(d) Any application by the Claimant to serve evidence in reply must be filed and served, together with a copy of that evidence, within 7 days of the date on which the Defendant serves evidence pursuant to (b) above.
(e) The parties must agree the contents of the hearing bundle. An electronic version of the bundle must be prepared and lodged, in accordance with the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide Chapter 21 and the Guidance on the Administrative Court website, not less than 7 days before the date of the substantive hearing. The parties must, if requested by the Court, lodge 2 hard- copy versions of the hearing bundle.
(f) The Claimant must file and serve a Skeleton Argument (maximum 25 pages), complying with CPR 54 PD para. 15 and the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide paras 20.1 to 20.3, not less than 7 days before the date of the substantive hearing.
(g) The Defendant must file and serve a Skeleton Argument (maximum 25 pages), complying with CPR 54 PD para. 15 and the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide paras 20.1 to 20.3, not less than 3 days before the date of the substantive hearing.
(h) The parties must agree the contents of a bundle containing the authorities to be referred to at the hearing. An electronic version of the bundle must be prepared in accordance with the Guidance on the Administrative Court website. The parties must, if requested by the Court, prepare a hard-copy version of the authorities bundle. The electronic version of the bundle and if requested, the hard copy version of the bundle, must be lodged with the Court not less than 7 days before the date of the substantive hearing.
(i) The time estimate for the substantive hearing is half a day. If either party considers that this time estimate should be varied, they must inform the court as soon as possible.
(j) CPR 2.11 (variation of timetable by written agreement between the parties) does not apply.
REASONS
(1) Anonymity: The Claimant is a vulnerable child and there are strong reasons to protect her privacy in these proceedings. There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.
(2) Abridgement of time/expedition: The Claimant has already been in an unacceptable situation without education for several months. Her mental health and education are being negatively impacted by this ongoing situation and she is due to start secondary school in just over 2 months. There is an urgent need for this matter to be addressed to allow for an effective transition to secondary school.
(3) Adjournment of permission to a hearing: The matter is urgent with an ongoing impact on the Claimant. In the absence of a response from the Defendant at this stage, I am not in a position to decide on permission but there is a clear interest in progressing the matter as quickly as possible to allow for progress before the Claimant moves into secondary school. Therefore I find that it is in line with the overriding objective for the matter to be considered at a rolled-up hearing with an expedited timeframe.
Signed: Susie Alegre DHCJ
Date: 22 June 2026