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Past hearings
2023
November 2023
1 Nov | Ross Hutcheson | 2nd Sub Review decision |
3 Nov | Karina Gahir | Sub review decision |
7 Nov 23 | Joshua Smith | Substantive APD decision |
9 Nov 23 | Sean Hughes | 4th IO Review decision |
16-19, 24-26 & 30 Oct, 1 & 7 Nov | Andrew Maynard | Substantive decision |
17 - 25 July, 6 & 8 Nov | Donald Lydon | Substantive decision |
14 Nov | John Watson | 6th IO Review decision |
15 Nov | Umar Masood | Interim Order application summary |
16 Nov | Gary Marshall | 2nd Sub Review decision |
13-21 Nov | Rishi Patel | Substantive decision |
24 Nov | Sundeep Kaushal | 1st IO Review decision |
27-30 Nov | Thomas Dupeyrat | Substantive decision |
October 2023
27 Sept - 04 Oct | Rupin Rach | Substantive decision |
10 Oct | Aisha Hussain | 4th IOR decision summary |
02-03, 05 & 09-13 Oct | Tajinder Ghattaora | Substantive decision |
18 Oct | Mohammed Ul- Haq | 1st IOR decision summary |
19 Oct | Richard Carr | 3rd IOR decision summary |
20 Oct | Shahid Nazir | Interim Order Application decision summary |
24 Oct | Philip Sowden | Substantive decision |
25 July-09 Aug and 23-24 Oct | Mariam Haling | Substantive decision summary |
27 Oct | Jane Lai | 2nd Substantive review summary |
September 2023
5 Sept | Omer Arshad | 5th IOR summary |
8 Sept | Rajeev Saigal | IOA summary |
13 Sept | Sam Silver | 3rd IOR summary |
21 Sept | Geraint Griffiths | 1st IOR summary |
26 Sept | Bhavik Gandhi | Substantive APD decision |
29 Sept | Naseem Suleman | Interim Order application summary |
August 2023
9 August | Sally Hilton | IO application summary |
11 August | Priyal Patel | 3rd IOR decision summary |
11 August | Sapna Dave | Interim Order Application Summary |
11 August | Nawaz Haque | 1st IOR decision summary |
15 August | Saima Bashir | IO application decision summary |
16 August | Robert Fyfe | 3rd IOR Decision summary |
30 August | Simon Rose | 4th IOR Decision summary |
30 August | Matthew Bickerstaffe | 4th IOR Decision summary |
31 August | Michael Moon | 1st Substantive Review Decision |
July 2023
3-11 July 2023 | Ben Burnage | Substantive decision |
12 July 2023 | Ibrar Ahmed | 2nd IOR decision |
18 July 2023 | Arif Ali | IO Application Summary |
19 July 2023 | Omowunmi Olakehinde | Registration Appeal Summary |
13 - 19 July 2023 | Carla Mahon | Substantive decision |
25 July 2023 | Ravi Bhojwani | IO Applicaton decision summary |
June 2023
12-16 June 2023 | Amanwil Takla | Substantive decision |
19 - 21 June 2023 | Martyn Stewart | Substantive decision |
19 - 22 June 2023 | Jitesh Gadher | Substantive decision |
May 2023
22 - 26 May | Mohammed Zada | Substantive decision |
16-31 May | Manish Patel | Substantive decision |
April 2023
30 March - 03 April | Amandeep Sandhu | Substantive decision |
11 April | Daniel Holden | Substantive decision |
12-14 April | Badran Rehman | Substantive decision |
26 April | Helen Connor | Registration Appeal Summary |
March 2023
6 March | Helena Kloverlid | Registration Appeal |
06 - 09 March | Zbigniew Ashleigh | Substantive decision |
13 March - 20 March | Helen Lampka | Substantive Decision |
23-24 March | Keith Coakham | Substantive APD (summary) |
February 2023
8-9 Feb 2023 | Sherinjit Mahal | Substantive Decision |
21 - 27 Feb 2023 | Nirmal Koasha | Substantive Decision |
January 2023
9 - 10 Jan 2023 | Khairul Rahman and Sania Shah | Substantive Decision |
8-12 Aug 2022 & 9-13 Jan 2023 |
John Asuen | Substantive decision |
19 Jan 2023 |
Dawn Lamb | Substantive Decision |
2022
November 2022
28-30 November | Christopher Parrish | Substantive Hearing |