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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2026-LON-002583

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

4 June 2026

Before:

The Hon Mrs Justice Foster

Between:

The King
on the application of
NBR
(Claimant)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department
(Defendant)

Order

VERY URGENT INTERIM ORDER

UPON an application by the Claimant for very urgent consideration and interim relief

AND

FOLLOWING CONSIDERATION of the documents lodged by the Claimant

    1. 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 NBR  
      (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 may 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.
    2. Prohibitory Injunction:
      (a) The Defendant must allow the Claimant to continue to reside at the accommodation provided at Stonebridge Lodge Hotel, 290 Brigstock Road, Thornton Heath CR7 7JE pending a determination on permission, or further order of the Court.
      (b) The Defendant may apply to the Court vary or discharge paragraph 2(a) above, any application to be made in writing by email and served on the Claimant.

      ***THIS IS A PROHIBITORY INJUNCTION. BREACH MAY GIVE RISE TO PROCEEDINGS FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. IT MUST BE COMPLIED WITH UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS SET ASIDE BY A COURT, EVEN IF AN APPLICATION TO VARY OR DISCHARGE IT HAS BEEN MADE UNDER PARAGRAPH 2(b) ABOVE***
    3. Abridgement of time and expedition:
      (a) The Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service and Summary Grounds of Resistance (CPR 54.8) must be filed and served by 4pm on 18 June 2026.
      (b) Any Reply from the Claimant (CPR 54.8A) must be filed and served by 4pm on 25 June 2026.
      (c) The papers are to be referred to a judge or deputy judge of the High Court within 7 days thereafter.
    4. Costs: Reserved.

    REASONS

    1. Anonymity is appropriate given the status of the Claimant as an asylum seeker and the necessary reliance in this application of on extremely personal history and on medical detail.
    2. Essentially for the reasons set out by counsel in support of the application, exceptionally, the case for an immediate mandatory Order is made out.
    3. The claimant challenges a number of decisions by the Defendant:
      • a decision dated 23 April 2026 determining that accommodation outside London would be adequate for the Claimant.
      • a decision dated 8 May 2026 refusing to reconsider the adequacy of providing the Claimant accommodation outside of London.
      • A decision dated 28 May 2026 to disperse the Claimant to Reading on 4 June 2026.
    4. The Claimant also challenges alleged ongoing breaches of Articles 3, 8 and 14 ECHR.
    5. In this case there is a good argument on paper as presented that the Defendant has failed properly to consider the medical conditions of the Claimant and how they would be impacted by a move out of the current accommodation, and has failed to apply her policies lawfully in this case, in particular in light of the history of medical conditions and suicide attempts. On 22 December 2025, NBR was admitted to the emergency
      department at Croydon University Hospital after attempting suicide at Thornton Heath railway station. On 11 March 2026, NBR self-harmed and was taken to the emergency department there again. He is recorded as having daily thoughts of suicide.
    6. The balance of convenience favours the Order which maintains the status quo- namely in current accommodation, given the previous episodes and the London support network.
    7. The case comes today before the Court on an emergency basis because the solicitors were only recently made awareas to the date of the move. The case is very urgent.
    8. There is a real risk of irremediable harm were the Claimant to be moved as is planned today.  
    9. A short timetable is set so that the Defendant may respond as soon as possible given what the Court recognises are significant pressures on London asylum accommodation, so the position may be properly explored in the near term.

    Signed: Mrs Justice Foster DBE
    Dated: 4 June 2026