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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2026-LON-003055

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

1 July 2026

Before:

Mr Justice Martin Spencer

Between:

The King
on the application of
LCL
(Claimant)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Defendant)

Order

On an application by the Claimant for interim relief

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Applicant

ORDER by the Hon. Mr Justice Martin Spencer:

  1. The application for interim relief is dismissed.
  2. 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 Claimant’s name is to be withheld from the public and must not be disclosed in any proceedings in public; and

(ii) the Claimant is to be referred to orally and in writing as LCL.

(b) 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.

(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 Claimant;

(ii) 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;

(iii) unless the Court grants permission under CPR 5.4C(6), no non- party many 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.

REASONS

  1. The Applicant is an individual who is currently accommodated by the Respondent in initial accommodation pursuant to s.95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (‘IAA 1999’). The Respondent ostensibly accepts that the Applicant is destitute and eligible for asylum support pursuant to ss. 95-96 IAA 1999. The Applicant claims to be a victim of torture and survivor of human trafficking with complex and significant mental health needs, with a diagnosis of PTSD and depression.
  2. The basis for the application for interim relief was originally that the Respondent, having by an evaluative decision dated 8 May 2026, accepted that the Applicant’s assessed needs and vulnerabilities required him to remain in London and be allocated single-room occupancy within dispersal accommodation departed from that position by a subsequent decision dated 24 June 2026, and in particular was no longer proposing to provide him with single-room occupancy accommodation.
  3. However, the position was clearly fluid and on 1 July 2026, the Respondent’s contractor responsible for managing the proposed Interim Accommodation confirmed that the Applicant had in fact been allocated a single room. As the Applicant now acknowledges, he has therefore not sought emergency prohibitory relief preventing the move from taking place despite still asserting, for reasons that are not wholly clear to me, that the decision being unlawful. The Applicant now simply seeks directions.
  4. Given the Decision by the Respondent’s contractor of allocate the Applicant a single room, I do not consider that the matter remains appropriate for emergency interim relief.

Signed: Martin Spencer J
Dated 1 July 2026