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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-003120

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

16 September 2025

Before:

The Honourable Mr Justice Sheldon

Between:

The King
on the application of
CIN

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On an application by the Claimant for interim relief and expedition

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Sheldon

  1. Anonymity:

(a) Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and/or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998:

(i) the Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and

(ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as “CIN”.

(b) Pursuant to s. 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.

(c) Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):

(i) the parties must within 7 days file a redacted copy of any statement of case filed, omitting the name, address and any other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant;

(ii) 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;

(iii) unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non- party many obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.

(d) Any person (including the Defendant) wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.

    2. Abridgment of time and expedition/Interim Relief

    (a) the Defendant shall file and serve her Acknowledgment of Service, and any response to the application for interim relief, by 4pm on 26 September 2025;

    (b) the Claimant shall (if so advised) file and serve a Reply and any further submissions with respect to the application for interim relief by 4pm on 1 October 2025.

    (c) the application for interim relief and permission shall be considered by a judge of the Administrative Court (including a deputy) within 2 days of the service of any Reply and/or further submissions on interim relief.

    (d) the application for interim relief and permission should be considered alongside the applications in the parallel case of CTT v Secretary of State for the Home Department AC-2025-LON- 003116.

    Reasons

    1. The Claimant is an asylum seeker suffering from mental health conditions. Anonymity of the Claimant is necessary to protect his Article 8 rights. This outweighs the public interest in open justice, although the matter can be reviewed if the Defendant or any third party makes an application to vary or discharge.
    2. Based on the materials presented by the Claimant, there is some urgency to this matter. The Claimant contends that the dispersal accommodation provided to him is unsuitable and unlawful. In particular, he wishes to be accommodated with his friend CTT whose case raises similar issues.
    3. The Defendant should be given an opportunity to respond before the application for interim relief is considered. That application, and the application for permission should be considered by the same judge who is considering the application in CTT.

    Signed: Mr Justice Sheldon

    16 September 2025