R (H7 & H15) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)
Tuesday 21 July 2026
By an Appellant’s Notice filed on 20 August 2025 Appellants, appeal a decision of the High Court, dated 31 July 2025, by which they granted the Respondent’s application for judicial review and ordered Interested Parties to pay the Respondent’s costs.
This case concerned a judicial review brought by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) challenging a decision of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC). The Administrative Court ruled in favour of the Home Secretary, finding that SIAC had no power to make the costs award in question. The costs order against the SSHD was set aside, and H7 and H15 were ordered to pay the SSHD’s costs of the judicial review proceedings. Their application for permission to appeal was refused, leading them to pursue an appeal to the Court of Appeal.
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