XYZ and ABC -v- Revolut (anonymity order)

Business and Property CourtsBusiness ListHigh CourtAnonymity Order

Claim number: BL-2026-000438

In the High Court of Justice
Business and Property Courts of England and Wales
Business List (ChD)

13 April 2026

Before:

Master McQuail

Between:

(1) XYZ
(2) ABC
(Applicants/Intended Claimants)

-v-

Revolut Ltd
(Respondent)

Order

UPON the Intended Claimants’ Application Notice dated 1 April 2026.

AND UPON it appearing that revealing the identity of the Intended Claimants would unfairly damage their interests and, accordingly, that publication of details revealing their identity ought to be prohibited

AND UPON this Application being made on the papers

AND PURSUANT to CPR rule 39.2 and CPR rule 5.4

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. The Intended Claimants have permission to issue a claim form in which they may be identified as XYZ and ABC respectively and they are to be referred to as such (or as the Claimants) thereafter, including in all statements of case and other documents to be filed or served in the intended proceedings and in any judgment or order in the intended proceedings and in any report of the intended proceedings by the press or otherwise.
  2. The Intended Claimants have permission to state their address on the claim form and all other documents as c/o Withers LLP, 20 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7AN (its solicitors).
  3. Any non-party seeking the permission of a Judge or Master to access the documents filed in the intended proceedings including the evidence and exhibits, Part 8 claim form and any orders made must make an application in accordance with CPR 23 and give notice to the Intended Claimants of that application.
  4. Any information which is likely to lead to the identification of the Intended Claimants must not be disclosed.
  5. All hearings in the Intended Proceedings be held in private, save as otherwise directed by the Court.
  6. This first, second and fourth and fifth paragraphs of this order shall remain in place until 50 days after an Order is issued following the Intended Claimants’ application in the Intended Proceedings, or until further order of the Court, after which the anonymity of the Intended Claimants need no longer be maintained.
  7. The Intended Claimants shall have liberty to apply in respect of paragraph 6 in the event the requirement for anonymity needs to be maintained for longer.

Permission to restore

  1. This Order has been made by the court without a hearing pursuant to CPR PD 52B paragraph 7.1. Any party affected by the order may apply on notice to the Intended Claimants to have it set aside or varied within 7 days of the date of service upon that person.
  2. This Order is to be served with the claim form in the Intended Proceedings.

    Costs
  3. No order as to costs.

    Other

    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.