RXP -v- Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust (anonymity order)
Claim number: KB-2023-000176
In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
7 July 2025
Before:
Mr Richard Wright KC
Between:
RXP (by his father & Litigation Friend, TXP)
-v-
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals NHS Trust
Order
BEFORE Mr Richard Wright KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge in the Royal Courts of Justice on 7 July 2025
UPON the Claimant’s application
AND UPON HEARING Miss K Gollop KC, Counsel on behalf of the Claimant, and Ms M Bowron KC, Counsel on behalf of the Defendant
AND WHEREAS the Claimant is a child, and a protected party by virtue of lack of mental capacity to litigate these proceedings and make decisions about his property and affairs, and brings the claim by his father and Litigation Friend, TP
AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression
AND UPON IT APPEARING that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Claimant
AND PURSUANT to rule 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules and section II of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and rules 5.4C and 5.4D of the Civil Procedure Rules
IT IS ORDERED THAT:-
The identity of the Claimant in these proceedings is protected and shall not be published.
Pursuant to CPR Rule 39.2 (4) there shall be no publication in any newspaper or other media or other disclosure of any name, address, image or other information tending to identify the Claimant or his Litigation Friend in relation to their involvement in these proceedings.
- In any statement of case or order or judgment or report or publication or broadcast (by whatever medium) relating to these proceedings:
i) The Claimant shall be referred to as RXP
ii) The Claimant’s Litigation Friend shall be referred to as TXP
iii) Any other details liable to lead to the identification of the Claimant (including any names of other family members or addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
- Pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4C and 5.4D:
i) A person who is not a party to the proceedings may obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the Court records only if the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised in accordance with subparagraphs 1 (i – iii) above.
ii) If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(1B) or (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 Claimant’s Solicitor or Deputy.
- The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on [date of this Order] and any application by a non-party to inspect or obtain an 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 discharge this Order, providing that any such application is made on notice to the Claimant’s Solicitor or Deputy, and that 7 days’ prior notice of the intention to make such an application is given.
- The costs of this application are in the case.