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Alert: Permanent anonymity order (A & B v Persons Unknown)

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Published on: 20 December 2016
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  • Judgment: A & B v Persons Unknown
  • What did the court decide?

Article summary

IP & IT analysis: A summary of the judgment in A (A protected by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) and B (B protected by his litigation friend, the Official Solicitor) v Persons Unknown [2016] EWHC 3295 (Ch). An In Brief analysis of the case will follow in due course.

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