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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Claim number: AC-2024-LON-002221

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

15 October 2024

Before:

Mr Alan Bates sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Between:

SN (Chad)

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

Order for: (1) anonymisation of the Claimant; (2) approving consent terms agreed between the parties for the resolution of the proceedings.

Following consideration of:
(a) the documents lodged by the Claimant,
(b) the Defendant’s Acknowledgment of Service, and
(c) the email from the Defendant’s solicitors on 8 August 2024 attaching a draft consent order, dated 7 August 2024 and signed on behalf of both parties, the recital to which states that the Defendant has Defendant agreed to reconsider the negative conclusive grounds decision dated 28 March 2024 within three months of the date this Order is sealed, absent special circumstances

ORDER by Mr Alan Bates sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court

Anonymity

1. Pursuant to CPR 39.2, and having regard to section 1 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1992 read with section 2(1)(db) of that Act and section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and to the Human Rights Act 1998 (including, in particular, Articles 8 and 10 of the Convention Rights):
a. The Claimant shall have anonymity in these proceedings unless and until the Court orders otherwise. He shall be referred to in these proceedings (including in the title of this action henceforth) as “SN (Chad)”.
b. Any statements of case, skeleton arguments or other documents filed in these proceedings after the date of this order shall refer to the Claimant using the anonymising moniker assigned to him in this paragraph of this Order.
c. Pursuant to CPR 5.4C any non-party who applies for a copy of any document in these proceedings from the court records may be provided with such documents only if they are versions that have been anonymised and redacted so that they do not contain the Claimant’s name or address.

    AND BY CONSENT

    Approval of the consent order resolving the proceedings

    1. The Claimant is permitted to withdraw, and does withdraw, this application for judicial review.
    2. The Defendant do pay the Claimant’s reasonable costs of this application for judicial review on the standard basis, to be assessed if not agreed.
    3. There shall as necessary be a detailed assessment of the Claimant’s publicly funded costs in accordance with the Civil Legal Aid (Costs) Regulations 2013, as amended.

    Reasons

    1. As the Claimant claims to be a victim of modern slavery/human trafficking, it is appropriate to protect his identity, in order both to protect his privacy and also to protect him and individuals associated with him from potential harm.

    2. As the Defendant has agreed to reconsider her negative conclusions grounds decision, I have effectively approved the terms of the draft consent order agreed by the parties save that: (i) I have made very minor, inconsequential, amendments to the wording; and (ii) I have included the terms within this Order, in which the Claimant’s name has been anonymised (the draft consent order signed by the parties shows the Claimant’s name).