CYP and others -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order)

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Amended pursuant to CPR 40.12

Case number: AC-2025-LON-003687

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

24 October 2025

Before:

The Honourable Mr Justice Foxton

Between:

The King
on the application of
CYP
CUA
CUH
and
CUX, by his litigation friend, CYP

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On an application by the Claimants for (1) an anonymity order; (2) listing of the Claimants; application for interim relief on the first available date after 30/31 October and (3) an order requiring the Defendant to file and serve its response to that application

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimants

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Foxton

  1. Until further order:

a. Pursuant to CPR 39.2 there shall be substituted for all purposes in these proceedings including on the Court’s Register of Claims and whether orally on in witing, in place of the references the first to fourth Claimants by name the letters “CYP”, “CUA”, “CUH” and “CUX” respectively.

b. There shall be no publication of the name or address of the Claimants or any particulars of the case likely to lead to the identification of the Claimants without the leave of the court.

c. To the extent necessary to protect the identity of the Claimants or their location, any other references, whether to persons or places or otherwise, be adjusted appropriately.

d. So far as the claim form, or any judgment or order, or any other document to which any person may have access pursuant to CPR 5.4A-D or at common law does not comply with the above, the Claimants’ solicitors have leave to file with the Court copies of such documents adjusted so as to comply, which are to be treated for all purposes as being in substitution for the relevant originals. The originals are then to be retained by the Court in a sealed envelope marked “Not to be opened without permission of a Judge”.

e. A non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document from the Court file without the permission of a Judge. Any application for such permission must be made on at least 3 days’ notice to the Claimants.

f. A non-party may not obtain a copy of any statement of case or other document from the court file unless it has been anonymised in accordance with this paragraph

g. Any person has liberty on three days’ written notice to the parties to apply to vary or discharge this paragraph.

  1. The Claimants’ application for interim relief shall be listed for the first available date after 10 November 2025, with a time estimate of 2 hours.
  2. The Defendant shall file and serve is response to that application three working days before the hearing.
  3. Costs reserved.

Reasons

  1. The state of affairs the Claimants seek to challenge has been in place for 15 months. On the Claimants’ account, those conditions are clearly having significant adverse effects.
  2. While I accept that there is medical evidence tending to suggest that these conditions are adversely affecting the Claimant and the family’s health, that evidence does not suggest a sufficient risk of adverse affects over the next 7 days to require the degree of expedition sought. That is also true of the evidence of concern as to the activities of protestors outside the asylum hotel.
  3. The Defendant has indicated an intention to respond by 31 October. I do not regard that as unreasonable.
  4. Fairly balancing the parties’ positions, an expedited hearing is appropriate, one which ensure a more orderly resolution of the application.
  5. Given the Claimant and family’s status as asylum seekers, the fact that one member of the family is a minor, and their personal health is relevant to the applications, I am satisfied that an anonymity order is appropriate.

Signed: Mr Justice Foxton