PQR -v- MR JEFFREY GREEN (anonymity order)
CLAIM NO: QB-2020-002766
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
Date: 13/12/2021
Before:
HIS HONOUR JUDGE AUERBACH
Between:
PQR
(A Protected Party Who Sues by a Litigation Friend, STU)
-v-
MR JEFFREY GREEN
ANONYMITY ORDER
UPON a direction having been given that the proceedings are to be conducted remotely by Microsoft
Teams as video proceedings pursuant to the remote hearings protocol of 20 March 2020 in light of the COVID-19 pandemic
AND UPON HEARING (by Teams) Counsel for the Claimant and Counsel the Defendant
WHEREAS the Claimant is a protected party and brings a claim by a Litigation Friend
AND WHEREAS the Claimant by the Litigation Friend has brought a claim against the Defendant by a Claim Form issued on 7 August 2020 under Claim Number QB-2020-002766 for personal injuries arising from an accident as further particularised in the Particulars of Claim herein
AND WHEREAS the Claimant is a protected beneficiary for whom Mr Simon Scott has been appointed as property and financial affairs Court of Protection Deputy by order of the Court of Protection of 6 May 2020
AND WHEREAS the Claimant and the Defendant reached a proposed settlement in respect of the claim in respect of which approval is being sought from the Court
AND UPON considering the confidential Advice of Counsel for the Claimant dated 9 December 2021
AND UPON the Court noting the Defendant’s neutral stance in relation to the Claimant’s application
AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life and Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
AND UPON IT APPEARING that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant and the Litigation Friend is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Claimant.
AND PURSUANT to Rule 39.2 (4) and 39.2 (5) of the Civil Procedure Rules and Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and Rules 5.4C and 5.4D of the Civil Procedure Rules.
IT IS ORDERED
1. That the identity of neither the Claimant nor the Litigation Friend shall be disclosed.
2. That in all statements of case and other documents to be filed or served in the proceedings
and in any Judgment or Order in the proceedings and in any report of the proceedings by the
press or otherwise the Claimant be described as “PQR” and the Litigation Friend as “STU”.
3. That the address of the Claimant and the Litigation Friend be stated in all statements of case
and other documents be filed or served in the proceedings as the address of the Claimant’s Solicitors.
4. That in so far as is necessary, any statements of case or other documents disclosing the name
or address of the Claimant or Litigation Friend already filed in the proceedings be replaced
by documents describing such name or address in anonymised form as above.
5. That the original of any such documents disclosing the name or address of the Claimant or
the Litigation Friend is to be placed on the Court file marked “Not To Be Opened Without
Permission of the Judge, Master or District Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division”.
6. That a non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document 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 Litigation Friend, and the Court will effect service. The file is to be retained by the Court
and marked “Anonymised”.
7. That reporting restrictions apply as to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the
subsequent identification of the Claimant or the Litigation Friend. The publication of the
name and the address of the Claimant, any other member of the immediate family of the
Claimant, or the Litigation Friend is prohibited.
8. That the provisions of this Order shall not apply:
a) To the communications between the Court of Protection and / or the Claimant’s Court of
Protection Deputy and / or the Litigation Friend and / or the Claimant in relation to the
payment of money for the benefit of the Claimant or the investment or treatment of or
payment out of such money;
b) To communications between the Court of Protection and / or the Claimant’s Court of
Protection Deputy and / or the Litigation Friend and / or the Claimant and any financial
institution concerned as to the receipt or investment of such money; or
c) To records kept by the Court of Protection and / or the Claimant’s Court of Protection
Deputy and / or the Litigation Friend and / or the Claimant or any such financial institution
in relation to such money.
9. That any non-party affected by this Order may apply on notice to all parties to have this Order
set aside or varied.
10. A copy of this Order shall be published on the website of the Judiciary of England and Wales
and in the published copy of the Order the Claimant shall be described as “PQR” and the
Litigation Friend as “STU”.
11. Costs in the case.