M4 -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order)

Special Immigration Appeals CommissionAnonymity Order

Case number: SC-16-2026

In the Special Immigration Appeals Commission

24 July 2026

Before:

The Honourable Mr Justice Swift

Between:

M4
(Appellant)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Respondent)

Order

UPON consideration of the documents on the case file

UPON the Appellant’s application for an anonymity order pursuant to rule 39(5)(h) of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003 and for an order restraining publication pursuant to section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 (“the application”)

UPON the Legal Representatives (as defined in the Commission’s Practice Note on Anonymity Orders and Related Measures dated 29 November 2018) having been notified of the application on 9 July 2026 by service of an explanatory note by email via the Commission’s published list

UPON considering the documents consisting of written submissions and the witness statement of Kabir Joshi (‘the documents’) lodged in accordance with paragraph 28 of the Commission’s Practice Note on Anonymity Orders and Related Measures (‘the Practice Note’)

AND UPON the Appellant undertaking to keep the Commission, the Respondent and the Legal Representatives informed of any matter which may affect the continued need for this order

ORDER by the Honourable Mr Justice Swift

  1. The Appellant be granted anonymity in relation to the conduct of proceedings in the Commission and be known in these proceedings as M4.
  2. Nothing may be published which, directly or indirectly, identifies him as an appellant in these proceedings before the Commission.
  3. There be liberty to apply on 48 hours’ written notice to the Commission, to the Applicant, to the Respondent and to the Legal Representatives (as defined in the Practice Note).
  4. This order shall continue until the OPEN judgment has been handed down in these proceedings, or further order in the meantime, unless the Appellant indicates to the Commission, as soon as the OPEN judgment is circulated in draft, that he intends to apply for it to continue after the OPEN judgment is handed down, and applies to the Commission before that judgment is handed down for directions for the determination of any such application.

Date: 24 July 2026