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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 |