March 12, 2026

EAB -v- Secretary of State for Defence (anonymity order)

Administrative Court High Court King's Bench Division Anonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2025-LON-003856

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

12 March 2026

Before:

Mr Justice Saini

Between:

THE KING on the application of
EAB

-v-

Secretary of State for Defence

Consent order

UPON the Defendant confirming that the Claimant was eligible for entry clearance for relocation to the UK on 12 May 2025, under the Afghan Response Route as part of the leaked data set

AND UPON the Claimant making a claim for judicial review on 30 October 2025 challenging (i) the Defendant’s failure to consider, or the delay in considering, the expedition of the Claimant’s evacuation from Afghanistan and (ii) the Defendant’s ongoing delay in evacuating the Claimant from Afghanistan, and including a claim for anonymity

AND UPON the Defendant filing his Acknowledgment of Service on 9 January 2026 together with an application for a declaration pursuant to s6 Justice and Security Act 2013 (“JSA”) and an order under s8 JSA not to disclose sensitive material otherwise than to the Court and the Special Advocates

AND UPON the Claimant obtaining a Pakistan visa and travelling to Pakistan on 16 February 2025, whereupon he has been assisted by the by Defendant and the International Organization for Migration pending his relocation to the UK

IT IS ORDERED
BY CONSENT

Anonymity

1. The claimant shall hereinafter be referred to in these proceedings as EAB (“the cipher”).

2. The Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not to be disclosed in any proceedings in open court.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Pursuant to CPR 5.4C(4):
(a) 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.
(b) Unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4(C)(6), no non-party may obtain an unredacted copy of any statement of case.

Directions

6. This claim be withdrawn.

7. The Defendant shall pay the Claimant’s reasonable costs, to be assessed if not agreed.

8. There be an assessment of the Claimant’s legal aid costs