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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-002812

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

1 September 2025

Before:

The Honourable Mr Justice Linden

Between:

The King
on the application of
CEL

-v-

The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On an application by the Claimant for directions and interim relief dated 20 August 2025 (“the Application”)

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Linden

  1. By 4.30pm on Tuesday 9 September 2025, the Defendant will file and serve its Acknowledgement of Service and Summary Grounds of Defence including or together with a response to the Claimant’s application for interim relief and any evidence on which I relies.
  2. Subject to the Defendant indicating that she is content for the Application to be dealt with on paper, it will be listed for an on notice hearing as soon as reasonably practicable after Tuesday 16 September 2025, with a time estimate of 1.5 hours. Skeleton arguments should be filed and served not less than 48 hours before the hearing.
  3. If the parties are content for the matter to be dealt with on the papers, the matter should be put before a judge for determination as soon as reasonably practical after 9 September 2025.
  4. Pending further order, upon it appearing that non-disclosure of the identity of the Claimant is necessary in order to protect his interests, pursuant to rule 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules and section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 and rules 5.4C of the Civil Procedure Rules:
    a. The Claimant shall be referred to in these proceedings as CEL (“the cipher”).
    b. The Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not to be disclosed in any proceedings in open court.
    c. There is to be substituted for all purposes in these proceedings in place of references to the Claimant by name, and whether orally or in writing, references to the cipher.
    d. Pursuant to s.11 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.
    e. Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):
    i) The parties must, when filing any statement of case, also file a redacted copy of that statement of case omitting the name, address and any other information which could lead to the identification of the Claimant.
    ii). Unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4(C)(6), no non-party may obtain an unredacted copy of any statement of case.
    f). Any person wishing to apply to vary or discharge this Order must make an Application to the Court, served on each party.
  5. Liberty to apply.

Reasons

  1. This is an unlawful detention case and there is therefore a degree of urgency, at least in terms of the need to consider the application for interim relief.
  2. I have made the directions above taking into account the need to give the Defendant a fair opportunity to respond to the Application and the summer vacation.

Signed:

Mr Justice Linden
1 September 2025