- Considered — Rashid Maqsood Abbasi & Anor v Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 2023-03-31
“…kes clear that the evaluation of risk in that context requires an objective assessment and a significant threshold. A similar point was made in In Re Officer L [2007] UKHL 36; [2007] 1 WLR 2135. The House of Lords considered whether serving or former police officers in Northern Ireland should be afforded anonymity when giving eviden…”
- Cited — Michael Clifford v Millicom Services UK Limited & Ors. 2023-01-26
“…The most significant case is InRe Officer L [2007] UKHL 36, [2007] 1 WLR 2135. The case was about applications for anonymity by serving or former police officers who were due to be called as witnesses at a public inqui…”
- Cited — H (R on the application of) v Swindon Borough Council 2021-12-03
“… Trust [2012] UKSC 2; [2012] AC 72 at paragraph 39, showing that a continuing risk to life can be an immediate risk to life. At paragraph 20 of In Re Officer L [2007] UKHL 36; [2007] 1 WLR 2135 Lord Carswell said that "the criterion is and should be one that is not readily satisfied: in other words, the threshold is high" but also r…”
- Cited — XXX v Camden London Borough Council 2020-11-11
“…rties and witnesses may be made. The common law has long recognised a duty of fairness towards parties and persons called to give evidence, see In Re Officer L [2007] UKHL 36; [2007] 1 WLR 2135, and balanced that against the public interest in open justice in specific cases. Under the common law test subjective fears, even if not ba…”
- Followed — Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police & Ors v Dyer & Ors 2020-10-27
“…The judge went on to consider the authorities to which she had been referred, including the decision of the House of Lords in Re Officer L [2007] UKHL 36; [2007] 1 WLR 2135 to which I will return later in the judgment. She summarised the principles at [51] as follows:…”
- Cited — Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police & Ors v Dyer & Ors 2020-10-27
“…As appears from cases such as In re Officer L [2007] UKHL 36, [2007] 1 WLR 2135, there are material differences between an application invoking Convention rights and an application under the common law, albeit that both …”
- Cited — TDT, R (On the Application Of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) 2018-06-19
“… not obliged to do more than take reasonable steps in the particular circumstances. He referred us in particular to the speech of Lord Carswell in Re Officer L [2007] UKHL 36, [2007] 1 WLR 2135, at para. 21 (p. 2144 F-G); and to the observations of Lord Hughes at paras. 111-113 of his judgment in Commissioner of Metropolitan Police …”