PHJ -v- UJV (injunction with anonymity and reporting restrictions orders)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity OrderOrder

Claim number: KB-2026-002444

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division

8 July 2026

Before:

The Honourable Mrs Justice Thornton DBE

Between:

PHJ
(Intended Claimant/Applicant)

-v-

UJV
(Intended Defendant/Respondent)

Order

PENAL NOTICE

IF YOU THE INTENDED DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT DISOBEY THIS ORDER YOU MAY BE HELD TO BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND MAY BE IMPRISONED OR FINED OR HAVE YOUR ASSETS SEIZED.
ANY PERSON WHO KNOWS OF THIS ORDER AND WILFULLY DISOBEYS THIS ORDER OR DOES ANYTHING WHICH HELPS OR PERMITS ANY PERSON TO WHOM THIS ORDER APPLIES TO BREACH THE TERMS OF THIS ORDER MAY BE HELD TO BE IN CONTEMPT OF COURT AND MAY BE IMPRISONED, FINED OR HAVE THEIR ASSETS SEIZED.

NOTICE TO ANYONE WHO KNOWS OF THIS ORDER

You should read the terms of the Order and the Practice Guidance on Interim Non- Disclosure Orders very carefully. You are advised to consult a solicitor as soon as possible. This Order prohibits the Intended Defendant/Respondent from doing the acts set out in Paragraphs 7 and 11 of the Order and obliges the Intended Defendant/Respondent to do the acts set out in Paragraphs 9 and 10 of the Order.

This Order also prevents any person who knows of this Order from wilfully disobeying it or doing anything which helps or permits any person to whom this Order applies to breach the terms of this Order.

If any person contravenes this Order they may be found guilty of contempt of court and they may be sent to prison or fined or their assets seized

If you have been served with this Order, you have the right to ask the Court to vary or discharge the Order on reasonable notice to the Intended Claimant/Applicant.

THIS ORDER

  1. This is an Injunction, with other orders as set out below, made against the Defendant on 8 July 2026 by the Judge identified above (the Judge) on the application (the Application) of the Claimant. The Judge:
    (a) read the witness statement referred to in Schedule A at the end of this Order and was given information orally by Counsel on behalf of the Claimant;
    (b) accepted the undertakings set out in Schedule B at the end of this Order;
    and
    (c) considered the provisions of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA), section
  2. This Order was made at a hearing without notice to those affected by it, the Court having considered section 12(2) HRA and being satisfied that there are compelling reasons for notice not being given, namely the threat by the Defendant of imminent publication of the Information (as defined below) and the coupling of that threat with demands for payment. The Defendant (and anyone served with or notified of this Order) has a right to apply to the Court to vary or discharge the Order (or so much of it as affects them).

ANONYMITY

  1. Pursuant to section 6 HRA, and/or CPR 39.2 the Judge, being satisfied that it is strictly necessary, ordered that:
    (a) the Claimant be permitted to issue these proceedings naming the Claimant as “PHJ” and giving an address c/o the Claimant’s solicitors;
    (b) the Claimant be permitted to issue these proceedings naming the Defendant as “UJV” and notifying the Defendant’s last known home address by filing the same in a sealed letter which must remain sealed and held with the Court office subject only to the further order of a Judge or the Senior Master of the King’s Bench Division;
    (c) there be substituted for all purposes in these proceedings in place of references to the Claimant by name, and whether orally or in writing, references to the letters “PHJ”; and
    (d) there be substituted for all purposes in these proceedings in place of references to the Defendant whether orally or in writing, references to the letters “UJV”.

    ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS
  2. Upon the Judge being satisfied that it is strictly necessary:
    (a) (i) no copies of the confidential schedules to the statements of case; (ii) no copies of the confidential witness statement or confidential
    schedule or confidential exhibits to the witness statement listed in Schedule A to this Order;
    (iii) no copies of the application notice, draft claim form, draft explanatory note, or the skeleton argument of the Claimant; and
    (iv) no copies of the confidential schedule to this Order or any other document which identifies the Claimant will be provided to a non-party without further order of the Court.
    (b) Any non-party other than a person notified or served with this Order seeking access to, or copies of the above mentioned documents, must make an application to the Court, proper notice of which must be given to the other parties.

SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

  1. The Claimant must serve this Order upon the Defendant as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event by 12 noon on 9 July 2026 save that there shall be liberty for the Claimant to apply to the Court in the event that an extension is necessary.
  2. The Claimant has permission to serve this Order, the Claim Form and all other documents in these proceedings upon the Defendant at the contact details and by the methods identified in the Confidential Schedule to this Order.

INJUNCTION

  1. Until judgment has been given at or following the conclusion of the Return Date hearing which will be held at a time to be fixed on Thursday 16 July 2026 or until such alternative date and time as may be required by further Order of the Court, the Defendant must not:
    (a) use, publish or communicate or disclose to any other person (other than (i) by way of disclosure to legal advisers instructed in relation to these proceedings (the Defendant’s legal advisers) for the purpose of obtaining legal advice in relation to these proceedings or (ii) for the purpose of carrying this Order into effect or (iii) for the purpose of disclosure to the police or other appropriate law enforcement body all or any part of the information referred to in the Confidential Schedule to this Order (the Information);
    (b) publish any information which is liable to or might identify the Claimant as a party to the proceedings and/or as the subject of the Information or which otherwise contains material (including but not limited to the profession or age or nationality of the Claimant) which is liable to, or might lead to, the Claimant’s identification in any such respect, provided that nothing in this Order shall prevent the publication, disclosure or communication of any information which is contained in this Order other than in the Confidential Schedules or in the public judgments of the Court in this action given on 8 July 2026;
    (c) contact the Clamant, the Claimant’s family or friends, or any individual(s) associated with the Claimant whether directly or indirectly, save through their lawyers when pursuing their legitimate rights and legal remedies;
    (d) instruct, encourage, or allow any third party to engage in any of the conduct referred to at paragraphs (a) – (c) above.

    REPORTING RESTRICTION
  2. The Judge consider that it was strictly necessary, pursuant to s.4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, to order that there shall be no reporting of the hearing of the Application or any public judgment of the Court upon the Application until 12 noon on 9 July 2026.

INFORMATION TO BE DISCLOSED

  1. The Defendant shall within 24 hours of service of this Order disclose to the Claimant’s solicitors the following:

(a) the identity of any other third party to whom the Defendant has disclosed all or any part of the Information; and
(b) the date upon which such disclosure took place and the nature of the information disclosed.

  1. The Defendant shall confirm the information supplied in paragraph 8 above in a witness statement containing a statement of truth within 7 days of complying with paragraph 8 and serve the same on the Claimant’s solicitors.

PROTECTION OF HEARING PAPERS

  1. The Defendant must not publish or communicate or disclose or copy or cause to be published or communicated or disclosed or copied any witness statements and any exhibits thereto and information contained therein that are made, or may subsequently be made, in support of the Application or the Claimant’s solicitors’ notes of the hearing of the Application (the Hearing Papers), provided that the Defendant shall be permitted to copy, disclose and deliver the Hearing Papers to the Defendant’s legal advisers for the purpose of these proceedings .
  2. The Hearing Papers must be preserved in a secure place by the Defendant’s legal advisers on the Defendant’s behalf.
  3. The Defendant shall be permitted to use the Hearing Papers for the purpose of these proceedings provided that the Defendant’s legal advisers shall first inform anyone, to whom the said documents are disclosed, of the terms of this Order and, so far as is practicable, obtain their written confirmation that they understand and accept that they are bound by the same.

PROVISION OF DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION TO THIRD PARTIES

14. The Claimant shall be required to provide the legal advisers of any third party where unrepresented, the third party served with a copy of this Order promptly upon request, and receipt of their written irrevocable undertaking to the Court to use those documents and the information contained in those documents only for the purpose of these proceedings:
(a) a copy of any material read by the Judge, including material read after the hearing at the direction of the Judge or in compliance with this Order save for the confidential witness statements referred to in Schedule A at the end of this Order; and/or
(b) a copy of the Hearing Papers.

PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDER

  1. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(5) a copy of this order will be published on the Judiciary website except for the Confidential Schedule (which for the avoidance of doubt shall not be published). Such publication will take place no earlier than 12 noon on 9 July 2026.

    PUBLIC DOMAIN
  2. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Order shall prevent the Defendant from publishing, communicating or disclosing such of the Information, or any part thereof, as was already in, or that thereafter comes into, the public domain in England and Wales (other than as a result of breach of this Order or a breach of confidence or privacy).

COSTS

  1. The costs of and occasioned by the Application are reserved.

    VARIATION OR DISCHARGE OF THIS ORDER
  2. The parties or anyone affected by any of the restrictions in this Order may apply to the Court at any time to vary or discharge this Order (or so much of it as affects that person), but they must first give no fewer than 7 days’ written notice to the Claimant’s solicitors. If any evidence is to be relied upon in support of the application, the substance of it must be communicated in writing to the Claimant’s solicitors in advance of the relevant hearing. The Defendant may agree with the Claimant’s solicitors and any other person who is, or may be bound by this Order, that this Order should be varied or discharged, but any agreement must be in writing.

    INTERPRETATION OF THIS ORDER
  3. A Defendant who is an individual who is ordered not to do something must not do it himself or in any other way. He must not do it through others acting on his behalf or on his instructions or with his encouragement.
  4. A Defendant which is not an individual which is ordered not to do something must not do it itself or by its directors, officers, partners, employees or agents or in any other way.

PERSONS OUTSIDE ENGLAND AND WALES

  1. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) below, the terms of this Order do not affect or concern anyone outside the jurisdiction of this Court.
    (2) The terms of this Order will affect the following persons in a country or state outside the jurisdiction of this Court –
    (a) the Defendant or his officer or agent appointed by power of attorney;
    (b) any person who –
    (i) is subject to the jurisdiction of this Court;
    (ii) has been given written notice of this Order at his residence or place of business within the jurisdiction of this Court; and
    (iii) is able to prevent acts or omissions outside the jurisdiction of this Court which constitute or assist in a breach of the terms of this Order; and
    (c) any other person, only to the extent that this Order is declared enforceable by or is enforced by a court in that country or state.

    PARTIES OTHER THAN THE CLAIMANT AND THE DEFENDANT
  2. Effect of this Order
    It is a contempt of court for any person notified of this Order knowingly to assist in or permit a breach of this Order. Any person doing so may be imprisoned, fined or have their assets seized.

    NAME AND ADDRESS OF THE CLAIMANT’S LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES
     
  3. The Claimant’s solicitors are Cohen Davis Solicitors, 48 Dean Street, London W1D 5BF. Telephone: 020 7183 4123. Email: helpline@cohendavis.co.uk.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COURT

  1. All communications to the Court about this Order should be sent to:
    Room WG08, Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, London, WC2A 2LL, quoting the case number. The telephone number is 020 7947 6010.
    The offices are open between 10 a.m. and 4.30 p.m. Monday to Friday.