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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2026-LON-002620

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

5 June 2026

Before:

The Hon. Mrs Justice Ellenbogen DBE

Between:

The King
on the application of
LTS
(Claimant/Applicant)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Defendant/Respondent)

Order

On an application by the Claimant for urgent interim relief, dated 5 June 2026

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER by The Hon. Mrs Justice Ellenbogen DBE:

  1. The identity of the Claimant in these proceedings shall not be published.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 (by whatever medium) in relation to these proceedings, the name or address of the Claimant or any other matters which could lead to his identification.
  3. In any report of these proceedings, or other publication (by whatever medium) in relation to these proceedings, the Claimant shall be referred to as “LTS” and any matters which could lead to the identification of the Claimant shall be redacted.
  4. Pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4C:

(a) a person who is not a party to the proceedings may obtain a copy of a claim form, judgment or order from the court records only if the same has been anonymised and redacted in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Order;

(b) if a person who is not a party to the proceedings applies for permission to obtain a copy of any other document or communication, such application shall be on at least 7 days’ written notice to the Claimant;

(c) any interested party, whether or not a party to the proceedings, may apply to the Court to vary or revoke paragraphs 1 to 4(b) of this Order, provided that any such application is made on no fewer than 5 days’ prior written notice to the Claimant of the intention to make such an application.

  1. This Order shall be published on the website of the Judiciary of England and Wales pursuant to CPR r.39.2(5).
  2. By 4:30pm on Monday 8 June 2026, the Respondent shall file and serve a response to the application for urgent interim relief.
  3. By no later than midday on Tuesday 9 June 2026, the file shall be restored to a judge of the Administrative Court for consideration of all then appropriate orders and/or directions, which may include the listing of a hearing at very short notice to the parties.
  4. Costs reserved.

REASONS

  1. This application is before me as ‘immediates’ judge.
  2. By his claim for judicial review, the Applicant challenges the Respondent’s decision to accommodate him in shared accommodation, said to be manifestly unsuitable in light of his vulnerability and known history as a victim of torture. It is said that he requires, at minimum, a room for his sole occupation, under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, in order to avoid a breach of his rights under Article 3 ECHR. The urgency of the interim relief sought is said to arise from the effect of his current accommodation on his health and wellbeing, and the fact that alternative accommodation, currently being paid for by his solicitors out of limited charitable funds, cannot be provided beyond Monday 8 June 2026.
  3. The application is of intrinsic urgency. The court would be assisted by the Respondent’s response to it, which, so far as consistent with that urgency, she must be given appropriate time to provide. The Applicant’s current temporary accommodation is available to him until 8 June 2026, and the matter will be restored for further consideration by the Court the following day.

Anonymity

  1. There is documented evidence of the Applicant’s vulnerability, poor mental health and related history of self-harm. I consider an anonymity order to be appropriate; the potentially competing rights to freedom of expression and a fair trial (the principle of open justice) being protected by the liberty to apply provision at paragraph 4(c), in which ‘any interested party’ would encompass representatives of the Press and other media.

Signed: Mrs Justice Ellenbogen

Dated: 05/06/26