XRY -v- South West London Integrated Care Board (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-001620

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

3 June 2025

Before:

Paul Bowen KC,
sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Between:

The King
On the application of
XRY
(Claimant, by her father and litigation friend, ZRY)

-v-

South West London Integrated Care Board
(Defendant)

and

London Borough of Wandsworth Council
(Interested Party)

On applications by the Claimant

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant:

ORDER by Paul Bowen KC sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

  1. Pursuant to CPR 39.2 and s.11 Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant in any report of, or otherwise in connection with these proceedings until further order and the Claimant and her litigation friend shall be referred to as XRY and ZRY, respectively.
  2. The Defendant and Interested Party shall file and serve written submissions in response to the applications for permission to apply for judicial review, a rolled-up hearing, a mandatory interim injunction, expedition and the anonymity order sought by the Claimant within 14 days.
  3. The Claimant shall file and serve written submissions in response within 7 days thereafter.
  4. The matter shall be put before a judge or deputy judge of the Administrative Court as soon as possible thereafter for consideration of the applications on the papers.

Reasons

  1. The Claimant seeks urgent consideration of the applications but no Form N463 has been filed (so the Defendant has not had an opportunity to file a response) and the decision under challenge was taken in September 2024, with the claim for judicial review only filed on 20 May 2025.  In those circumstances it is not appropriate to list the matter for a rolled-up hearing or to grant interim relief without giving the Defendant and Interested Party an opportunity to respond. 
  2. The Claimant also seeks a withholding order, which is inappropriate as the Claim Form has already been filed, and anonymity order/ reporting restrictions orders. I have made a standard reporting restriction order on an interim basis for the reasons given in the Claimant’s SFG, para 74.  This prevents publication of any details that might lead to Cs identification. This will preclude identification of facts such as the names of other family members and C’s school.  I have not been more  specific as I am not at present convinced that the risks of jigsaw identification are such that the restriction must extend to include the Claimant’s medical condition or nationality. The parties are invited to address these matters in their written submissions and, if necessary, by evidence. 

Paul Bowen KC DHCJ
3 June 2025