R5 -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department (anonymity order)

Special Immigration Appeals CommissionAnonymity Order

Reference number: SC/005/2025

In the Special Immigration Appeals Commission

3 September 2025

Before:

Mr Justice Jay

Between:

R5

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

UPON the Applicant’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’);

AND UPON the Legal Representatives having been notified of the application on 19 August 2025 by email;

AND UPON considering the documents consisting of an Application Notice, Explanatory Note, Witness Statement of Mike Poulter of Turpin Miller Solicitors and Legal Submissions (‘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 Applicant undertaking to keep the Commission and the Secretary of State informed of any matter which may affect the continued need for this order.

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. The Applicant be granted anonymity in relation to the conduct of proceedings in the Commission and be known in these proceedings as R5.
  2. Nothing may be published which, directly or indirectly, identifies R5 as an Applicant 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 Secretary of State and to the Legal Representatives (as defined in the Practice Note).
  4. This order continues until the OPEN judgment has been handed down in these proceedings, or further order in the meantime, unless the Applicant indicates to the Commission, as soon as the OPEN judgment is circulated in draft, that she 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.