Claim No.QB-2020-002415
In the High Court of Justice
Queen’s Bench Division
29 July 2020
Before:
Master Thornett
Between:
PXB
(by her mother and litigation friend AXB
-v-
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
UPON considering the Claimant’s Application Notice issued on 10.07.2020
AND UPON reading the draft Order submitted by the Claimant
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 that:-
1. The identity of the Claimant, her parents and any details which may lead to the identification of the Claimant be not disclosed.
2. The Claimant and the Litigation Friend be described in all statements of case to be filed or served in the proceedings and in any judgment or orders in the proceedings and in any report of the proceedings by the press or otherwise as “PXB” and “AXB”.
3. The address of the Claimant and of the Litigation Friend be stated in all statements of case to be filed or served in the proceedings as the address of the Claimant’s solicitors.
4. In so far as necessary, any statement of case 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. 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. 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 directed) without the permission of a Master or District Judge. Any application for such permission must be made on notice to the Claimant, and the Court will effect service. The file is to be retained by the Court and marked “Anonymised”.
7. Reporting restrictions apply as to the disclosing of any information that may lead to the subsequent identification of the Claimant or Litigation Friend. The...
