XY -v- Disclosure and Barring Service (anonymity order)

Administrative Appeals Chamber (Upper Tribunal)Anonymity Order

Case number: UA-2025-000136-V

In the Upper Tribunal
Administrative Appeals Chamber

14 April 2026

THE TRIBUNAL PROCEDURE (UPPER TRIBUNAL) RULES 2008
(statutory instrument number 2008/2698)

Before:

Michelle Brewer,
Judge of the Upper Tribunal

Between:

XY

-v-

Disclosure and Barring Service

DBS customer ref: 01039119149
DBS decision letter date: 30 December 2024

Rule 14 order

Anonymity order

  1. The Tribunal directs that the applicant shall be the subject of an anonymity order. The Children’s Barred List and Adults’ Barred List are not publicly available documents, and disclosure of the identity of persons included on those lists is restricted to prescribed individuals under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. The applicant has applied for permission to appeal the decision to include him on both Barred Lists. In those circumstances, I am satisfied that an anonymity order is necessary to preserve his identity. The initials “XY” are anonymised initials and are not derived from the applicant’s name.
  2. Accordingly, pursuant to rule 14(1) of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 , the Upper Tribunal prohibits the disclosure or publication of—

(a) the name of the applicant in these proceedings; and
(b) any matter likely to lead members of the public to identify the applicant.

Breach

  1. Any breach of the order at paragraph 2 above is liable to be treated as a contempt of court and punished accordingly (see section 25 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007). Punishment can be imprisonment for up to two years, or a fine, or both.

Leave to vary

  1. Either Party may apply to vary the terms of this Order.

Michelle Brewer,
Judge of the Upper Tribunal
14 April 2026