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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-002101

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

15 July 2025


In the matter of an application for judicial review

Before:

The Honourable Mrs Justice Lang DBE

Between:

The King (on the application of)

BWO

-v-


The Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Port Ref: GAN/5523549)

Order

On the Claimant’s application for an anonymity order, urgent consideration, directions and interim relief;
Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant; Order by the Honourable Mrs Justice Lang DBE

  1. Under the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and pursuant to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and CPR 39.2(4):
    a. The name of the Claimant is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public.
    b. The Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as “BWO”.
  2. Pursuant to section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimant or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant in any report of, or otherwise
    in connection with, these proceedings.
  3. Pursuant to CPR 5.4C:
    a. Within 7 days of the date of service of this order, the parties must file and serve a redacted copy of any statement of case already filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant;
    b. If any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant, a redacted copy omitting that information must be filed at the same time and must then be served with the unredacted version;
    c. Unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no nonparty may obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.
  4. The Defendant’s Acknowledgment of Service and Summary Grounds of Resistance, including a response to the application for interim relief, must be filed and served no more than 14 days after the date of service of the claim form and supporting documents.
  5. Any Reply from the Claimant must be filed and served no more than 5 days after service of the Defendant’s Acknowledgment of Service.
  6. The papers are to be referred to a Judge for a decision whether to grant interim relief within 7 days after the filing of the Reply.
  7. The claim is to be expedited.
  8. Liberty to apply to vary or discharge this order on 2 days notice to the other party.
  9. Costs reserved.

    Reasons

    [1] I have granted an anonymity order. The Claimant is an asylum seeker and a victim of modern slavery, who claims to be at risk. In the circumstances, a departure from the general principle of open justice
    is justified.

    [2] The Claimant seeks permission to challenge the Defendant’s ongoing failure to provide her and her children with adequate dispersal accommodation. The family has lived in a single hotel room for 36 months. The Defendant has accepted that the family should be dispersed in the London area, but dispersal has not yet taken place.

    [3] The Claimant has applied by way of interim relief for an order requiring dispersal to adequate self-contained dispersal accommodation. The Defendant must be given an opportunity to respond to the application for interim relief before it is determined.