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

Administrative CourtHigh CourtKing's Bench DivisionAnonymity Order

Case number: AC-2025-MAN-000405

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

31 December 2025

Before:

Deputy High Court Judge Karen Ridge

Between:

THE KING on the application of
XVR

-v-

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Order

On the Claimant’s application for permission to apply for judicial review

Upon hearing from Vijay Jagadesham for the Claimant and Gavin Dingley for the Defendant at a hearing on 16 December 2025

AND UPON the Defendant not objecting to the Claimant’s application for anonymity

ORDER by Deputy High Court Judge Karen Ridge sitting as judge of the High Court on the 16/12/2025

  1. The Claimant in this matter is entitled to anonymity until further order and there must be substituted for all purposes in this claim in place of references to the Claimant by name, and whether orally or in writing, reference to “XVR”.
  2. A non-party may not inspect or obtain a copy of any document from the court file other than this order (duly anonymised) without the permission of the Court. Any application for such permission must be made on notice to the Claimant.
  3. A non-party may not obtain any copy statement of case or other document from the Court file unless it has been edited (anonymised) in accordance with this direction.
  4. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(4) and s.11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, the publication or disclosure of the identity of the Claimant or of any material tending to identify the Claimant shall be prohibited.
  5. The Court’s CE-file system shall be clearly marked with the words “An anonymity order was made in this case on 16 December 2025 and any application by a non-party to inspect or obtain a copy document from this file must be dealt with in accordance with the terms of that Order.”
  6. The Defendant or any non-party affected by this anonymity order may on 7 days’ notice to set it aside or vary it.
  7. The costs of obtaining this order shall be costs in the case.
  8. Pursuant to CPR 39.2(5) and the Practice Guidance: Publication of Privacy and Anonymity Orders dated 16 April 2019 a copy of this order shall be published on the Judicial Website of the High Court of Justice (www.judiciary.uk). For that purpose, a court officer will send a copy of the order by email to judicialwebupdates@ejudiciary.uk

Reasons

  1. This anonymity order is made because the Claimant is a Sudanese national who seeks asylum and claims to be a minor.  It is appropriate to grant anonymity pursuant to CPR 39.2 since there are compelling reasons for the limited derogation from the principles of open justice.