

Justice Julian Flaux ruled Thursday that granting anonymity would be an ‘‘affront to the principle of open justice.’’ He noted that many names, including former CEO Bob Diamond, were already on the public record.





‘‘The public has a legitimate interest in learning who in the banking community is alleged to have been implicated in the manipulation of LIBOR,’’ Flaux said in a written ruling.

‘‘So far as individuals who were not involved in the manipulation and are entirely innocent of any wrongdoing are concerned, the suggestion that they could be prejudiced by being identified seems to me somewhat unreal,’’ he added.

Barclays said in a statement that just because an employee’s documents were reviewed ‘‘does not mean that such person was involved in any wrongdoing.’’
