RXE -v- Daniel Ryan and others (anonymity order and injunction)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: KB-2026-002349

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division

30 June 2026

Before:

The Honourable Mrs Justice Ellenbogen DBE

Between:

“RXE”
(Intended Claimant/Applicant)

-v-

(1) Daniel Ryan
(2) Kane Samms
(3) Liam Gill
(4) The Person or Persons Unknown
who has or have obtained and/or threatened to publish material and information disclosed to them by the Claimant of a private and intimate nature
(Intended Defendants/Respondents)

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 Defendants/Respondents from doing the acts set out in Paragraphs 9 and 13 of the Order and obliges the Intended Defendants/Respondents to do the acts set out in Paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 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 may be 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 Defendants on 30 June 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 12.
  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 Defendants of imminent publication of the Information (as defined below) and the threat by the Defendants to damage the Claimant should action be taken against them. The Defendants (and anyone served with or notified of this Order) have 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 “RXE” and giving an address c/o the Claimant’s solicitors;
    (b) the Claimant be permitted to issue these proceedings naming the Fourth Defendant as “Person or Persons Unknown” and, once any such person is known to the Claimant, notifying the Defendant’s 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 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 “RXE”.

    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 Defendants as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event by midday on 1 July 2026, save that there shall be liberty for the Claimant to apply to the Court in the event that an extension of time is necessary.
  2. The Claimant has permission to serve the Claim Form and all other documents in these proceedings upon the Defendants at the contact details and by the methods identified in the Confidential Schedule to this Order.
  3. The Claimant has permission to serve the Claim Form and all other documents in these proceedings upon the Fourth Defendant by filing any such document at Court.
  4. The Claim Form should be served as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event by 4.30pm on 1 July 2026 at the latest, save that there shall be liberty for the Claimant to apply to the Court in the event that an extension of time is necessary.

INJUNCTION

  1. Until judgment has been given at or following the conclusion of the Return Date hearing which is fixed for Friday 3 July 2026 at 2:00pm, or until such alternative date and time as may be required by further Order of the Court, the Defendants 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 Defendants’ 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 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 30 June 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.

INFORMATION TO BE DISCLOSED

  1. The Defendants shall, within 24 hours of service of this Order, disclose to the Claimant’s solicitors the following:
    (a) any information known to them concerning the identity and any known contact details of the person or persons who have corresponded with the Claimant using the Telegram username “emma21218”;
    (b) any information known to them concerning the identity and any known contact details of the person or persons who have corresponded with the Claimant on WhatsApp (or otherwise) in relation to the Information on the telephone numbers set out in the Confidential Schedule to this Order;
    (c) any information known to them concerning the identity and any known contact details of any person or person who has received payment from the Claimant pursuant to demands made of him by on behalf of the Defendants;
    (d) the identity of any other third party to whom the Defendants have disclosed all or any part of the Information; and
    (e) the date upon which such disclosure took place and the nature of the information disclosed.
  2. The Defendants shall confirm the information supplied in paragraph 10 above in a witness statement containing a statement of truth within 7 days of complying with paragraph 10 and serve the same on the Claimant’s solicitors and the other parties.
  3. The Defendants shall within 7 days of service of this Order deliver up to the Claimant’s solicitors all and any of the Information which they retain, as specified in the Confidential Schedule to this Order.

PROTECTION OF HEARING PAPERS

  1. The Defendants 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 Defendants shall be permitted to copy, disclose and deliver the Hearing Papers to the Defendants’ legal advisers for the purpose of these proceedings.
  2. The Hearing Papers must be preserved in a secure place by the Defendants’ legal advisers on the Defendants’ behalf.
  3. The Defendants shall be permitted to use the Hearing Papers for the purpose of these proceedings, provided that the Defendants’ 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
  4. The Claimant shall be required to provide the legal advisers of any third party, or, where unrepresented, the third party served, with a copy of this Order promptly upon request, and upon 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 statement and exhibit referred to in Schedule A at the end of this Order; and/or
    (b) a copy of the Hearing Papers.

    REPORTING RESTRICTION
  1. The Judge considered 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 until judgment has been given at or following the conclusion of the Return Date hearing which is fixed for Friday 3 July 2026 at 2:00pm, or such alternative date and time as may be required by further Order of the Court, at which time this reporting restriction will be reconsidered by the Court.

    PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDER
  2. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(5) by no later and no earlier than 12:30pm on 1 July 2026 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).

    PUBLIC DOMAIN
  3. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Order shall prevent the Defendants 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
  4. The costs of and occasioned by the Application are reserved.

    VARIATION OR DISCHARGE OF THIS ORDER
  5. 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 Defendants 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
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  4. 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 10:00 a.m. and 4.30 p.m, Monday to Friday.

SCHEDULE A

The Claimant relied on the confidential witness statement and exhibit of RXE.

SCHEDULE B

UNDERTAKINGS GIVEN TO THE COURT BY THE CLAIMANT
(1) If the Court later finds that this Order has caused loss to the Defendants, and decides that the Defendants should be compensated for that loss, the Claimant will comply with any order the Court may make.
(2) If the Court later finds that this Order has caused loss to any person or company (other than the Defendants) to whom the Claimant has given notice of this Order, and decides that such person should be compensated for that loss, the Claimant will comply with any Order the Court may make.
(3) If the Order ceases to have effect or is varied the Claimant will immediately take all reasonable steps to inform in writing anyone to whom notice of this Order has been given, or whom there are reasonable grounds to suppose may act upon this Order, which has ceased to have effect in this form.
(4) By 4.30pm on 1 July 2026, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, the Claimant will provide the Defendants with a Note setting out the substance of what was said to the Court by the Claimant’s counsel and exhibiting: (a) Counsel’s skeleton argument and (b) any additional documents provided to the Court on the making of the Application which have not already been provided to the Defendants. The Claimant is permitted not to serve the Claimant’s confidential witness statement and exhibit on any Defendant until that Defendant identifies himself/herself and provides an address for service within the UK.
(5) By 4.30pm on 1 July 2026 the Claimant will: (a) issue a Claim Form and an Application Notice claiming the appropriate relief and (b) cause a witness statement or witness statements to be made and filed confirming the substance of any further factual information not included in the witness statement of RXE which was given to the Court by the Claimant’s Counsel and exhibiting a copy of the Hearing Papers.
(6) On the Return Date, the Claimant will inform the Court of the identity of all third parties who/which have been notified of this Order. The Claimant will use all reasonable endeavours to keep such third parties informed of the progress of the action insofar as it may affect them, including, but not limited to, advance notice of any applications, the outcome of which may affect the status of the Order.