MNO and others -v- Middlesbrough City Council and Sunderland City Council (anonymity order)

Administrative Appeals Chamber (Upper Tribunal)Anonymity Order

UT case numbers: UA-2024-001201-HB
and 31 others

The Upper Tribunal
(Administrative Appeals Chamber)

5 May 2026

Before:

Edward Jacobs,
Upper Tribunal Judge

Between:

MNO
and the other 31 appellants listed below

-v-

Middlesbrough City Council and
Sunderland City Council

Anonymity order

THE UPPER TRIBUNAL ORDERS that, without the permission of this Tribunal:

No one shall publish or reveal the name or address of the Appellants in the proceedings listed below or any information that would be likely to lead to the identification of them or any member of their families in connection with these proceedings. The Appellants shall be identified only by the initials listed.

Any breach of this order is liable to be treated as a contempt of court and may be punishable by imprisonment, fine or other sanctions under section 25 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. The maximum punishment that may be imposed is a sentence of two years’ imprisonment or an unlimited fine.

REASONS FOR DECISION

  1. I have made this order under rule 14(1) of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (SI No 2698).
  2. The purpose of the order is to protect the identity of the claimants in these cases. They are disabled and vulnerable to some extent. Moreover, they were not involved directly or personally in creating their tenancies; this was handled by others on their behalf.
  3. The first letter used to anonymise the claimant is M for Middlesborough cases and S for Sunderland cases. Otherwise, the letters have been allocated randomly. They are not the claimants’ initials. If the same claimant is party to more than one case, different letters are allocated to each case.
  4. This order applies to the following cases.

Middlesbrough City Council cases

ua-2024-001201-hb MNO
ua-2024-001202-hb MNP
ua-2024-001203-hb MNQ
ua-2024-001204-hb MNR
ua-2024-001205-hb MNS
ua-2024-001206-hb MNT
ua-2024-001208-hb MNU
ua-2024-001209-hb MNV
ua-2024-001210-hb MNW
ua-2024-001212-hb MNX
ua-2024-001217-hb MNY
ua-2024-001218-hb MNZ
ua-2024-001231-hb MPQ
ua-2024-001232-hb MPR
ua-2024-001234-hb MPS
ua-2024-001236-hb MPT
ua-2024-001238-hb MPU
ua-2024-001239-hb MPV
ua-2024-001240-hb MPW
ua-2024-001241-hb MPX
ua-2024-001242-hb MPY

Sunderland City Council cases

ua-2024-001254-hb STU
ua-2024-001256-hb STV
ua-2024-001257-hb STW
ua-2024-001267-hb STX
ua-2024-001268-hb STY
ua-2024-001269-hb STZ
ua-2024-001274-hb SVW
ua-2024-001275-hb SVX
ua-2024-001278-hb SVY
ua-2024-001282-hb SVZ
ua-2024-001862-hb SWX

Authorised for issue
on 5 May 2026 Edward Jacobs
Upper Tribunal Judge