Form PF10
| Published date | 21 March 2018 |
| Subject Matter | King's Bench forms |
Anonymity and Prohibition of Publication Order
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION
[………………………… District Registry Claim No.
Before (title and name of Master or District Judge)
Between:
ABC Claimant
[by his, or her litigation friend XYZ]
and
(name) Defendant
ORDER
UPON READING an application notice by the Claimant dated (date)
[AND UPON HEARING …………………………….. for the Claimant and …………………………… for the Defendant]
AND UPON consideration of the Claimant’s Article 8 right to respect for private and family life and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression.
AND UPON IT APPEARING that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant is necessary in order to protect the interests of the Claimant.
AND PURSUANT to rule 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules and section II of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and rules 5.4C and 5.4D of the Civil Procedure Rules.
IT IS ORDERED:-
1. That the identity of the Claimant [and of the litigation friend] be not disclosed.
2. That the Claimant [ and the litigation friend] be described in all statements of case and other documents to be filed or served in the proceedings and in any judgment or order in the proceedings and in any report of the proceedings by the press or otherwise as “ABC” [and “XYZ”] (or in other anonymised form as ordered).
3. That the address of the Claimant [and of the litigation friend] be stated in all statements of case and other documents to be filed or served in the proceedings as the address of the Claimant’s solicitors.
4. That in so far as necessary, any statement of case or other document disclosing the Claimant’s name or address [or the name or address of the litigation friend] already filed in the proceedings be replaced by a document describing such name or address in anonymised form as above.
5. That the original of any such document disclosing the name or address of the Claimant [or of the litigation friend] is to be placed on the Court file in a sealed envelope marked “not to be opened without the permission of a Judge, Master or District Judge of the Queen’s Bench Division”.
6. That a non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document on or from the Court file (other than this order duly anonymised as...
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