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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtAnonymity Order

Claim ref: AC-2025-LON-00061

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

13 January 2026

BEFORE:

MR JONATHAN GLASSON KC
SITTING AS A DEPUTY JUDGE OF THE HIGH COURT

Between:

R on the application of
GDP

-v-

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

and

(1)HDM1
(2)HDM2
(3) HDM3
(4)HDM4
(Interested parties)

Order

UPON the Clamant filing and serving a claim for judicial review, challenging the Defendant’s negative Reasonable Grounds decision of 28 November 2024, and her decision of 8 January 2025 to refuse to reconsider the same;

AND UPON permission to bring the claim being refused by Tom Little KC, sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge, by Order of 1 October 2025;

AND UPON the Claimant renewing her application for permission, on 8 October 2025;

AND UPON hearing submissions from Mr Sellwood, counsel for the Claimant, and Mr Biggs, counsel for the Defendant, at a renewal hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice on 13 January 2026;

AND UPON there being no members of the press present to make representations in relation to the application for anonymity

IT IS ORDERED:

Anonymity

  1. The Claimant’s application for anonymity is granted. Pursuant to Rule 39.2(4) of the Civil Procedure Rules /or the Court’s inherent jurisdiction and/or s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998,
    a. the identities and addresses of the Claimant and her family members must not be disclosed to any person who is not a party to these proceedings without permission of the Court.
    b. The Claimant shall be referred to as GDP. The Claimant’s husband shall be referred to as HDM1, their first child as HDM2, their second child as HDM3, and their third child as HDM4. Nothing shall be published which may reveal the names, ages, or addresses of the Claimant and/or their family members, or any other details liable to lead to their identification.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 and the family members referred to in paragraph 1. 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.
  4. Pursuant to Rule 5.4C of the Civil Procedure Rules, a person who is not a party to the proceedings may obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the court records only if the statement of case, judgment or order has been completely anonymised and all references which are capable of leading to the identification of the Claimant and/or their family members has been deleted or otherwise redacted from those documents.
  5. These restrictions will continue until further Order, but they may be reviewed by the Court on application by any person who wishes to set aside or vary the order for anonymity. Any request for reconsideration must be made in writing on not less than 3 working days’ written notice to the parties and stating reasons in support.
    Permission to apply for judicial review
  6. Permission to apply for judicial review is granted.
    Case Management Directions
  7. Within 35 days after service of this order the Defendant must file and serve (a) detailed grounds for contesting the claim or supporting it on additional grounds; and (b) any written evidence.
  8. The Defendant may comply with paragraph 6 above by filing and serving a document which states that its Summary Grounds are to stand as the Detailed Grounds required by CPR 54.14.
  9. Any application by the Claimant to serve evidence in reply must be filed and served, together with a copy of that evidence, within 21 days of the date on which the Defendant serves evidence pursuant to paragraph 2, above.
  10. The parties must agree the contents of the hearing bundle. An electronic version of the bundle must be prepared and lodged, in accordance with the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide Chapter 21 and the Guidance on the Administrative Court website, not less than 28 days before the date of the substantive hearing. The parties must, if requested by the Court, lodge 2 hard-copy versions of the hearing bundle.
  11. The Claimant must file and serve a Skeleton Argument (maximum 25 pages), complying with CPR 54 PD para. 15 and the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide paras 20.1 to 20.3, not less than 21 days before the date of the substantive hearing.
  12. The Defendant must file and serve a Skeleton Argument (maximum 25 pages), complying with CPR 54 PD para. 15 and the Administrative Court Judicial Review Guide paras 20.1 to 20.3, not less than 14 days before the date of the substantive hearing.
  13. The parties must agree the contents of a bundle containing the authorities to be referred to at the hearing. An electronic version of the bundle must be prepared in accordance with the Guidance on the Administrative Court website. The parties must, if requested by the Court, prepare a hard-copy version of the authorities bundle. The electronic version of the bundle and if requested, the hard copy version of the bundle, must be lodged with the Court not less than 7 days before the date of the substantive hearing.
  14. The time estimate for the substantive hearing is 1 day.
    Costs
  15. Costs reserved