G8 -v- The Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order)

Special Immigration Appeals CommissionAnonymity Order

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Case number: SC/225/2024

In the Special Immigration Appeals Commission

7 March 2025

Before:

Mr Justice Jay

Between:

G8

-v-

The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

UPON the Appellant’s application for an anonymity order pursuant to rule 39(5)(h) of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003 and for an order restraining publication pursuant to section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (‘the application’);

AND UPON the Applicant’s anonymity order being expired on 20 January 2025, and the Applicant being provided an extension of time until 03 February 2025, to renew the anonymity order;

AND UPON the Legal Representative requesting a further extension of 14 days’ time on 31 January 2025 to lodge the Appellant’s extension of time in relation to the appeal;

AND UPON the Appellant’s application for Legal Funding’s approval, the Appellant’s undertaking to provide his documents “ application notice, witness statement, amended grounds of appeal, legal submissions, a draft order, and Legal Representatives’ submissions about the case” ( ‘ the documents’) lodged in accordance with paragraph 28 of the Commission’s Practice Note on Anonymity Orders and Related Measures (‘the Practice Note’);

AND UPON the Appellant undertaking to keep the Commission and the Secretary of State informed of any matter which may affect the continued need for this order;

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. The Appellant be granted anonymity in relation to the conduct of proceedings in the Commission and be anonymised by the cipher ‘[G8 ]’.
  2. Nothing may be published which, directly, or indirectly, identifies her as an Appellant in these proceedings before the Commission.
  3. There be liberty to apply on 48 hours’ written notice to the Commission, to the Appellant, to the Secretary of State and to the Legal Representatives (as defined in the Practice Note).
  4. This order continues until the OPEN judgment has been handed down in this application, or further order in the meantime, unless the Appellant indicates to the Commission, as soon as the OPEN judgment is circulated in draft, that she intends to apply for it to continue after the OPEN judgment is handed down, and applies to the Commission, before that judgment is handed down, for directions for the determination of any such application.

MR JUSTICE JAY
BY THE COMMISSION

Dated this 7th Day of March 2025

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