VCG -v- Raheel Mohammed and Calpe Insurance and others (anonymity order)

CivilHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: QB-2022-000103

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division

4 February 2025

Before:

Jonathan Glasson K,
sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

VCG
(by her Litigation friend PLM)

-v-

(1) Mr Raheel Mohammed
(2) Calpe Insurance Company Limited
(3) Alwyn Insurance Company Limited
(4) Watford Insurance Company Europe Ltd

Anonymity order

BEFORE Jonathan Glasson KC sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court at the Royal Courts of Justice on 4 February 2025

UPON HEARING Leading Counsel for the claimant and Leading Counsel for the Defendants

AND UPON the Court having been informed that the Press Association has been notified of this hearing, and there being no attendance by the Press Association or a member of the Press.
AND UPON IT APPEARING that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant and her Litigation Friend is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Claimant.

AND PURSUANT to 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules, the court’s inherent jurisdiction, and section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, section 37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 and/or rules 5.4C and 5.4D of the Civil Procedure Rules.

IT IS ORDERED:-

  1. The identity of the Claimant and her Litigation Friend as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published, save that:
    (a) The claimant’s solicitors shall by 4pm on 4 February 2024 give notice to the Birmingham Post and the Birmingham Mail, including by reference to the Claimant’s unanonymised name, of the substance of today’s hearing including the judgment of this Court.
  2. There shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Claimant, the Claimant’s Litigation Friend or other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of the Claimant in these proceedings. The Claimant and the Litigation Friend shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
  3. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto:
    (i) The Claimant shall be referred to as “VCG”.
    (ii) The Litigation Friend shall be referred to as “PLM”.
    (iii) Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly
    available, may lead to the identification of the Claimant (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
  4. 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 3(i) to (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.
  5. The Claimant’s solicitor shall file with the Court an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements of case that has been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 3 above by the 31st January 2025 and re-filed in the event that any statement of case is amended, within 21 days of such amendment being approved.
  6. The Court file shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on [date to be inserted] 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.”
  7. The provisions of this Order shall not apply to:-
    a. Communications between the anonymised party’s representatives and advisers in managing that party’s affairs.
    b. Communications for the purpose of obtaining medical care, advice or treatment for the anonymised party.
    c. Communications by or on behalf of a paying party for the purposes of ascertaining whether the anonymised party is alive, so entitled to continuing periodical payments.
  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 Claimant’s solicitor.
  9. Pursuant to the ‘Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders’ issued by the Master of the Rolls dated 16 April 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.uk

Dated this 4th day of February 2025