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

Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Upper Tribunal)Anonymity Order

Claim number: JR-2025-CDF-000026

In the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

14 July 2025

Before:

His Honour Judge Keyser KC
sitting as an Upper Tribunal Judge

Between:

The King on the application of
ID

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

UPON the Applicant’s application for judicial review and application for urgent consideration filed on 11 July 2025

AND UPON consideration of the Article 8 rights of the Applicant to respect for private and family life, and the Article 10 right to freedom of expression

AND UPON it appearing that non-disclosure of the identity of the Applicant is necessary to secure the proper administration of justice and in order to protect the interests of the Applicant, and that there is no sufficient countervailing public interest in disclosure

AND PURSUANT to section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and CPR rules 5.4C, 5.4D and 39.2(4)

WHEREAS for the purposes of this order:
i. ‘Publication’ includes any speech, writing, broadcast, or other communication in whatever form (including internet and social media), which is addressed to the public at large or any section of the public
ii. Publication for the purpose of this Order includes any further publication (as defined in subparagraph (i) above) from the date of this Order, even if such information has derived from a previous stage or stages of these proceedings

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

Anonymity

  1. The identity of the Applicant as a party to these proceedings is confidential and shall not be published.
  2. Pursuant to CPR rule 39.2(4), there shall not be disclosed in any report of these proceedings or other publication the name or address of the Applicant, other immediate family members, or any details (including other names, addresses, or a specific combination of facts) that could lead to the identification of the Applicant in these proceedings. The Applicant shall be referred to as set out at paragraph 3 of this Order.
  3. In any judgment or report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation thereto, the Applicant shall be referred to as ‘ID’. Any other details which, on their own or together with other information publicly available, may lead to the identification of the Applicant (including any names of other immediate family members or their addresses) shall be redacted before publication.
  4. Pursuant to CPR rules 5.4C and 5.4D:
    a. A person who is not a party to the proceedings may not obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the Tribunal records unless the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Order.
    b. If a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies (pursuant to CPR r.5.4C(1B) or (2)) for permission to inspect or obtain a copy of any other document or communication, such application shall be on at least 7 days’ notice to the Applicant’s solicitor.
  5. The Applicant’s solicitor shall file with the Tribunal an electronic (PDF) bundle of the statements of case that has been anonymised in accordance with paragraph 3 above within 21 days from date of the order, and re-filed in the event that any statement of case is amended, within 21 days of such amendment being approved.
  6. The Tribunal file shall be clearly marked to show that an anonymity order has been made.
  7. Any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Tribunal to vary or discharge this Order, provided that any such application is made on 7 days’ notice to the Applicant’s solicitor.
    Directions
  8. The Respondent do file and serve her Acknowledgement of Service and Summary Grounds of Defence by 4 p.m. on 23 July 2025.
  9. The Applicant do file and serve his Reply to the Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service and Summary Grounds of Defence by 4 p.m. on 30 July 2025.
  10. As soon as convenient thereafter, the case be referred for the urgent consideration of a Judge of the Upper Tribunal. It will be a matter for that Judge to decide whether to grant or refuse permission or to direct a rolled-up hearing and to give any directions that may appear appropriate.
  11. The Defendant is entitled to apply for this Order to be varied or set aside. Any such application must be made within 2 days of service of this Order.
  12. Costs in the case.