Torus62 -v- SH (anonymity order)

County CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: L00SW435

In the County Court at St Helens

18 September 2025

Before:

Deputy District Judge Causton

Between:

Torus62 Limited

-v-

SH

Order

BEFORE Deputy District Judge Causton sitting at the County Court at St Helens, Corporation Street, St Helens on 25 July 2025

UPON HEARING from the Solicitor for the Claimant and Counsel for the Defendant

AND UPON the application notice dated 15 May 2025

AND UPON the Court considering the Article 8 rights of the Defendant to respect for private and family life and the Article 10 right to Freedom of Expression, and that non-disclosure of the id entity of the Defendant, including her name and address and the name and address of the Defendant’s daughter is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of the Defendant and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure.

AND UPON the Claimant indicating its neutrality to the making of the Order and there be no representations from the press or any other interested party

AND PURSUANT to Section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1988, Section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and CPR rules 5.4c, 5.4d and 39.2(4).

WHEREAS for the purpose of this order:

  1. Publication includes speech, writing, broadcast or other communication in whatever form (including internet and social media) which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public.
  2. Publication for the purpose of this Order includes any further publication (as defined in (1) above) from the date of this order even if such information has derived from a previous stage or stages of that proceedings.

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. The identity of the Defendant as a party to these proceedings is confidential and neither her name or address shall be published.
  2. The identity of the Defendant’s daughter as a witness to these proceedings is confidential and neither her name nor address shall be published.
  3. Pursuant to CPR rule 39.2(4) there shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Defendant or other immediate family members or other details including other names, addresses or a specific combination of facts that could lead to the identification of the Defendant in these proceedings. The Defendant shall be referred to as set out in Paragraph 4 of this Order.
  4. In any judgement or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto i. The Defendant shall be referred to as SH.
    ii. The Defendant’s daughter shall be referred to as CK.
    iii. Any other details, which on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the Defendant (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
  5. Pursuant to CPR rules 5.4c and 5.4d.
    i. A person who is not 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 paragraph 4(i)-(iii) above.
    ii. If a person who is not party to the proceedings applies pursuant to CPR r.5.4c (1)(b) or (2) for permission to inspect or obtain a copy of any of the documents or communication, such applications shall be on at least 7 days notice to the Defendant’s solicitor and the Official Solicitor as the Defendant’s litigation friend in these proceedings.
  6. The Defendant’s solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic PDF bundle of the statements of case that have been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 4 above by 28 days from the date of this order and refiled in the event that any statement of case is amended within 28 days of such amendment being approved.
  7. The Court file should be clearly marked with the words “an anonymity order was made in this case on (date of order) 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”.
  8. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or discharge this order provided that any such application is made on 7 days notice to the Defendant’s solicitor and the Official Solicitor is the Defendant’s litigation friend in these proceedings.
  9. Pursuant to the “Practice Guidance; Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders issued by the Master of Rolls dated 16th September 2019 a copy of this order shall be published on the judicial website of the High Court of Justice (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.co.uk.
  10. There be no order as costs.

Dated this 25 day of July 2025