Ammori -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (order)

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionOrder

Claim number: AC-2025-LON-002122

In the High Court of Justice
King’s Bench Division
Administrative Court

25 November 2025

Before:

The Hon. Mr Justice Chamberlain

Between:

The King
on the application of
Huda Ammori
(Claimant)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Defendant)

and

(1) United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms while Countering Terrorism
(2) Amnesty International UK
(3) Liberty
(Interveners)

Order

UPON the Secretary of State’s application for an Order under s.4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 postponing publication of any reporting of the proceedings touching on specified matters;

AND UPON hearing Counsel for the Secretary of State, Counsel for the Claimant, Dominic Casciani (of the BBC), and Jess Glass (of the Press Association) at a hearing on 20 November 2025;  

AND UPON it appearing to the Court that representatives of the media had been given insufficient notice of the Secretary of State’s application;

AND UPON Counsel making written representations on behalf of Associated Newspapers Limited, the BBC, Guardian News and Media Limited, ITN, PA Media, Sky UK Limited, Telegraph Media Group Limited, and Times Media Limited on 21 November 2025.

AND UPON hearing Counsel for the Secretary of State, Counsel for the Claimant, Jess Glass (of the Press Association) and Dominic Casciani (of the BBC) at a hearing on 24 November 2025;

IT IS ORDERED as follows:

  1. Pursuant to s. 4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, and subject to paragraph 2 below, the publication of:

    (a) any information concerning the planning or conduct of, or information otherwise discovered in the course of the police investigation into, the events at Elbit Systems UK on 6 August 2024,

    (b) any information concerning the planning or conduct of, or information otherwise discovered in the course of the police investigation into, the events at Instro Precision on 17 June 2024, and

    (c) any conclusion of any Minister, adviser, or official that the incidents referred to at paragraphs (a) and/or (b) above satisfied the definition of “terrorism” in s. 1(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000,

    must be postponed until the conclusion of the trials arising from those events.

  2. This Order does not prohibit reporting of anything said in the presence of the jury in the current proceedings in the Crown Court at Woolwich in respect of the events referred to in paragraph 1(a) above, unless publication of that matter has been postponed by Mr Justice Johnson.

25 November 2025
BY THE COURT