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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2026-LON-000458

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

4 February 2026

Before:

The Hon Mrs Justice Eady DBE

Between:

The King on the application of
(1) GTR
(2) GDH
(3) GBG (a child by his mother and litigation friend, GDH)
(4) GOR (a child by his mother and litigation friend, GDH)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On an application by the Claimants for anonymity and for permission to apply for judicial review, for urgent consideration and interim relief

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimants

ORDER BY THE HON. MRS JUSTICE EADY DBE

  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 Claimants’ names are to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and
    (ii) the Claimants are to be referred to orally and in writing as GTR, GDH, GBG, and GOR.
    (b) Pursuant to s. 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, there must be no publication of the identity of the Claimants or of any matter likely to lead to the identification of the Claimants 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 Claimants;
    (ii) if any statement of case subsequently filed includes information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimants, 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 may obtain a copy of any unredacted statement of case.
    (d) Any person wishing to vary or discharge this Order must make an application, served on each party.
  2. Abridgement of time and expedition:
    (a) The Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service (CPR 54.8) must be filed and served by 4pm on 12 February 2026.
    (b) Also by 4pm on 12 February 2026 the Defendant must file and serve a response to the Claimants’ application for interim relief (including any evidence on which the Defendant seeks to rely in relation to that application).
    (c) Any Reply from the Claimants (CPR 54.8A), and any rejoinder to the Defendant’s response on the application for interim relief, must be filed and served by 4pm 17 February 2026.
    (d) Following compliance with the steps set out at paragraph 2 (a)-(c) above, but in any event at the earliest opportunity after 17 February 2026, the papers are to be referred to a Judge or Deputy judge for determination of the application for permission and interim relief and/or for further direction.

Reasons

(1) Anonymity: The claimants are asylum seekers; the third and fourth claimants are children (ages 6 and 8), with hearing and other health difficulties; the first and second claimants are the parents of the third and fourth claimants and also have their own mental and physical health issues. Naming the claimants could increase the risk they would face if returned to their country of origin. Moreover, the claim relies on personal medical information in which the claimants have a reasonable expectation of privacy, particularly the third and fourth claimants, who are minors, and who would be identifiable if the first and second claimants were not anonymised. There are accordingly compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1 of the order.
(2) Abridgement of time/urgent consideration:
a) The claimants (who are Iraqi asylum seekers) seek to challenge the defendant’s decision of 18 December 2025 to refuse their request for alternative accommodation, and what is said to be an on-going failure to provide the claimants with suitable accommodation to meet their needs, contrary to section 95 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.
b) There is evidence that the claimants, who, for the past 10 months, have been living in one-bedroom hotel accommodation, which is also used to accommodate mostly adult/male asylum seekers, are suffering health difficulties as a consequence of these living arrangements. In particular, the two children both have hearing impairments and there is evidence to support the claim that their speech development is adversely impacted by the nature of the accommodation provided and that this is also impacting upon treatment options for the children. There is also some evidence of a negative impact on the physical ill-health suffered by the second claimant and on the mental ill-health of the first claimant.
c) Other than a holding response (dated 6 January 2026) there does not appear to have been a response to the claimants’ PAP correspondence.
d) As well as applying for permission to judicially review the defendant’s decision of 18 December 2025, the claimants seek interim relief in the form of a mandatory order that they are provided with suitable accommodation for their needs. The evidence relating to the two children in this case supports the application for urgent consideration and I have therefore given directions for expedition and for a response to the application for interim relief.