The correct test for making a pseudonym order is whether it is 'really necessary' to avoid prejudicing the administration of justice, applying a balancing exercise between the open justice principle and individual considerations — not a test of 'near certainty'. A real risk of psychological harm or of a party being deterred from proceeding is sufficient when balanced against open justice. The categories of cases in which pseudonym orders may be made are not closed.
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