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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2024-LON-002869

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

18 December 2024

Before:

Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

Between:

ME

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

and

RC (interested party)

Order

On an application by the Claimant for anonymity and for costs following withdrawal of the claim for judicial review

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant and the Defendant

ORDER by Upper Tribunal Judge Elizabeth Cooke sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge

  1. Pursuant to CPR r.39.2, the identity of the Claimant and the Interested Party shall not be directly or indirectly disclosed and they shall be referred to in these proceedings respectively as ME and RC.
  2. That there be no order for costs.

Reasons

In view of the timescale of the Defendant’s decision to expedite the Claimant’s request for housing, the issuing of the claim, and the date of dispersal it is difficult to say whether there was any causal link between the proceedings and the dispersal, and the appropriate order is no order for costs.