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

High CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity OrderOrder

Claim No: AC-2024-LON-002154

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT

9 February 2026

Before:

DHCJ Aidan Eardley

Between:

THE KING
(on the application of RT)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Consent order

UPON the parties agreeing a consent order, sealed on 12 August 2024, which stayed this claim until 21 days following final determination in R (TG and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin);

AND UPON judgment being handed down in R (TG and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] EWHC 596 (Admin) on 14 March 2025 and the parties agreeing that this claim should not remain stayed behind the appeal brought by MJ, one of the Lead Claimants in TG and Ors;

AND UPON the Claimant pursuing his application for anonymity under CPR Rule 39.2(4);

BY CONSENT, IT IS ORDERED THAT:

  1. The Claimant’s application for anonymity is granted, and pursuant to CPR Rule 5.4A 5.4D and Rule 39.2, with effect from the date of this order and until further order:
    (a) The Claimant shall hereinafter be referred to in these proceedings as “RT” and there shall be substituted for all purposes of this case, in place of references to the name of the Claimant, reference to “RT”;
    (b) There shall be no publication of any name, address, picture or other information likely to lead to the identification of the Claimant as being the Claimant in these proceedings;
    (c) In paragraph (b), “publication” means communication to the public or any section of the public whether by way of report of the proceedings or otherwise. It includes publication in a newspaper or broadcast, or on the internet, by any person;
    (d) The Defendant, and any party served with or given notice of the anonymity order, has permission to apply to discharge or vary that order. Any application for that purpose must be made in writing, on notice to all parties;
    (e) Pursuant to CPR rule 5.4C, a person who is not a party to the proceedings may obtain a copy of a statement of case, judgment or order from the court records only if the statement of case, judgment or order has been anonymised such that:
    (i) the Claimant is referred to in those documents only as “RT”; and (ii) any reference to the names of the Claimant be deleted from those documents
    (f) Any application for permission to inspect or obtain a non-anonymised version of a document must be made on notice to the Claimant and in accordance with CPR r.5.4C(6).
  2. This Claimant does have permission to withdraw this claim for judicial review.
  3. There shall be no order as to costs