Social Work England -v- BDT (anonymity order)

Admiralty CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LDS-000133

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court at Leeds

15 July 2025

Before:

His Honour Judge Saffman

Between:

Social Work England

-v-

BDT

Order

In the matter of an application to extend an interim Order under Paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 2 of the Social Workers Regulations 2018 (As Amended)

BEFORE By His Honour Judge Saffman sitting in retirement as a Judge of the High Court

UPON the Claimant’s application dated 26 June 2025

AND UPON reading those documents recorded on the Court file as having been read, including the N244 and continuation sheet dated 25 July 2024 and the witness statement of Eleanor Poole dated 25 June 2025 in relation to the application for the interim order imposed on the Defendant Social Worker’s registration to be extended,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(3) the Hearing listed to hear the application to extend the Interim Order against the Defendant Social Worker’s professional social work registration will be held in private.
  2. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) there is to be no disclosure of the Social Worker and their Child’s identity.
  3. Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(2), any application to obtain documents other than the claim form, judgement or order made by a non-party under CPR 5.4C, is to be made on at least 14 days’ notice to the parties. The parties to be given the opportunity to respond to the application (including proposals for editing/ redacting sensitive content). Any person has liberty to apply in writing on notice to the parties to abridge the time for notice.
  4. There is no order as to costs.
  5. Any party affected by this order may apply for it to be reconsidered provided such application is made by no later than 7 days after service of the order.