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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-LON-003009

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

In the matter of an application for judicial review

15 September 2025

Before:

Andrew Kinnier KC
(Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)

Between:

The King
on the application of
UG

-v-

The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On an application by the Claimant for anonymity and abridgement of time

Following consideration of the documents lodged by the Claimant

ORDER BY ANDREW KINNIER K.C.
(Sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court)

  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 “UG”.

(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 many 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.

  1. Abridgement of time and expedition:

    (a) The Defendant’s Acknowledgement of Service (CPR 54.8) must be filed and served by 4pm on Monday 22 September 2025.

    (b) Any Reply from the Claimant (CPR 54.8A) must be filed and served by 4pm on Thursday 26 September 2025.

    (c) The papers are to be referred to a judge or deputy judge immediately thereafter.
  2. The parties have permission to apply to vary or set aside this order on giving two working days’ notice to the other side.
  3. Costs reserved.

REASONS

  1. Anonymity: The Claimant and the Claimant’s family are asylum seekers. The claim relies on personal medical information in which the Claimant and the Claimant’s family have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Also, there is evidence that some facts relating to their case could, if disclosed without anonymisation, place the family at risk if their asylum claims were to be refused. There are, accordingly, compelling reasons for the limited derogations from the principle of open justice in paragraph 1.
  2. Abridgement of time/expedition: Given the evidence of the recent and serious deterioration in the mental health of the Claimant and his family, a degree of expedition is necessary to allow the court to decide permission as soon as possible and with the benefit of submissions from both the Claimant and the Defendant.

Signed: Andrew Kinnier K.C.

Date: 15 September 2025