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Past hearings

2023

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
August 2023
9 August Sally Hilton IO application summary
11 August Ross Hutcheson 1st Sub Review decision
09 - 11 August Karina Gahir Substantive decision
11 August Priyal Patel  3rd IOR decision summary
11 August  Sapna Dave Interim Order Application Summary
14 August John Watson 5th IOR decision 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
13 - 19 July 2023 Carla Mahon Substantive decision
18 July 2023 Arif Ali IO Application Summary
19 July 2023  Omowunmi Olakehinde  Registration Appeal Summary 
25 July 2023 Ravi Bhojwani IO Applicaton decision summary
June 2023
12-16 June 2023 Amanwil Takla Substantive decision
16 June 2023 Sundeep Kaushal IO Application Summary
19 - 21 June 2023 Martyn Stewart Substantive decision
19 - 22 June 2023 Jitesh Gadher Substantive decision
29 June 2023 Aisha Hussain 3rd IOR Summary
May 2023
02 May  Richard Carr 2nd IOR summary
02 May Mariam Haling 2nd IOR summary
17 May Gary Marshall Sub Review decision
19 May Mohammed Ul-Haq IO application summary
22 - 26 May Mohammed Zada Substantive decision
31 May  Sean Hughes 3rd IOR summary
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
21 April Geraint Griffiths IO Application
26 April  Helen Connor Registration Appeal Summary
March 2023
     
6 March Helena Kloverlid Registration Appeal
06 - 09 March Zbigniew Ashleigh Substantive decision
10 March Omer Arshad 4th IOR summary
13 March - 20 March Helen Lampka Substantive Decision
21 March Andrew Maynard 3rd IOR summary
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

December 2022

21-23 Sept, 28-30 Sept, 6, 7, 13 & 16 Dec

 Naseem Suleman Substantive Decision (Appeal)
November 2022
08 November Roger Lee 2nd Substantive Review Summary
09 November  Jane Lai 1st Substantive Review Summary
28-30 November Christopher Parrish Substantive Hearing
October 2022
21 Oct Stuart Maxwell Substantive decision
05, 14 and 28 Oct Sufyan Malik Restoration Application
September 2022
29 Sept Raj Shivraj Reg Appeal decision