QMT and others -v- Ahmed Ibrahim and Haven Insurance (anonymity order)
Claim number: KB-2024-MAN-000227
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Manchester District Registry
29 May 2026
Before:
District Judge Haisley
Between:
(1) QMT
(a protected party by her Litigation Friend, SHP)
(2) CZD
(3) KNY
(Claimants)
-v-
(1) Ahmed Ibrahim
(2) Haven Insurance Ltd
(Defendants)
Anonymity order
ORDER 1 MADE ON 29 May 2026 (ANONYMITY ORDER)
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.
BEFORE District Judge Haisley sitting at Manchester District Registry, 1 Bridge Street West, Manchester, M60 9DJ on 29 May 2026.
UPON HEARING Mr Melton KC for the First Claimant and Mr Macaulay for the Second Defendant, the First Defendant not appearing
WHEREAS the First Claimant is a protected party who proceeds by her Litigation Friend SHP who has today made an oral application for an anonymity order
AND 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 First Claimant to respect for private and family life and the risk of harm that identification may cause to them
AND UPON CONSIDERING the importance of open justice and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
AND UPON NOTING the consent of the Second and Third Claimants to, and the 2nd Defendant’s neutrality in respect of, this Order.
AND UPON THE COURT CONCLUDING that non-disclosure of the First Claimant’s identity is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the First Claimant’s interests.
AND UPON THE COURT FURTHER CONCLUDING that it is necessary to make a reporting restriction order.
IT IS ORDERED that
- The names of the First, Second and Third Claimants and the First Claimant’s Litigation Friend are to be withheld in the statements of case, and in any judgments and orders in this claim, and for those purposes:
(i) The First Claimant shall be referred to as “QMT”.
(ii) The Litigation Friend shall be referred to as “SHP”.
(iii) The Second Claimant shall be referred to as “CZD”
(iv) The Third Claimant shall be referred to as “KNY”
- The First, Second and Third Claimants’ addresses on the claim form shall be substituted by the First Claimant’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 or workplace of the First, Second and Third Claimants;
(b) The name or address of the First Claimant’s Litigation Friend;
(c) Any particulars likely to lead to the identification of the First, Second and Third Claimants or the First Claimant’s Litigation Friend;
(d) Any image or likeness of the First, Second and Third Claimants or the First Claimant’s Litigation Friend. - 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 First Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy unless the court orders otherwise. - The First Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court copies of any existing statements of case anonymised in accordance with paragraph 1 and 2 above by 18 June 2026.
- The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 29 May 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 First Claimant’s solicitor, trustee or deputy.
- This order shall lapse automatically on the death of the First Claimant 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 this 29th day of May 2026
Order approved by DJ Haisley on 24 June 2026