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Past hearings
2024
December
2 Dec 2024 | Bethan John | Substantive decision |
2-5 Dec 2024 | Holly Bailey | Substantive decision |
November
28 Oct - 08 Nov 2024 | Adeel Iqbal | Substantive decision |
1 Nov 2024 | Nasir Butt | 1st IO Review summary |
5 Nov 2024 | Omer Arshad | 8th IO Review summary |
11 Nov 2024 | Raees Ishtiaq | 2nd IO Review summary |
11-15 Nov 2024 | Imaad Amanat | Substantive Decision |
18 Nov 2024 | James Rees | Interim Order Decision summary |
20 Nov 2024 | Christopher Watson | 3rd IO Review summary |
21 Nov 2024 | Hasmita Shah | 2nd IO Review summary |
22 Nov 2024 | Andrew Oliver | 2nd IO Review summary |
27 Nov 2024 | Hannah Macleod | Interim Order Decision summary |
29 Nov 2024 | Tanya Abraham | Interim Order Decision Summary |
October
1 Oct 2024 | Ross Hutcheson | 3rd Sub Review Decision |
7 Oct 2024 | Yasmin Saleem | 1st IO Review summary |
15 Oct 2024 | Mohammad Khan | 2nd IO Review summary |
8-24 May and 14-15 Oct 2024 | Simon White | Substantive Decision |
21 Oct 2024 | Helen Holman | APD Substantive Decision |
22 Oct 2024 | Jane Lai | 3rd Sub Review summary |
25 Oct 2024 | Mariam Haling | Sub Review summary |
28 Oct 2024 | Richard Carr | APD Substantive Decision |
September
2 Sep 2024 | Andrew Maynard | 2nd Sub Review Decision |
2-4 Sep 2024 | David Mcintosh | Substantive Decision |
4 Sep 2024 | Michael Moon | 3rd Sub Review Decision |
6 Sep 2024 | Mohammed Ul-Haq | 3rd IOR Decision Summary |
10 Sep 2024 | Francisca Gracia Ruiz | 1st IOR Decision Summary |
13 Sept 2024 | Shahid Nazir | 2nd IOR Decision Summary |
16 Sep 2024 | Adam-Bilal Sayed | 1st IOR Decision Summary |
19 Sep 2024 | Umar Masood | 2nd IOR Decision Summary |
August
05-12 August 2024 | Ateeq Ashraf | Substantive Decision |
20 Aug 2024 | Nirmal Koasha | 2nd Sub Review |
21 August 2024 | Abdul Khan | 1st IOR Summary |
22 Aug 2024 | Siddique Chowdhury | IO Application Summary |
July
01 - 02 July 2024 | Gareth Harris | Substantive Decision |
02-12 July 2024 | Priyal Patel | Substantive Decision Summary |
08 - 12 July 2024 | Emma Turner | Substantive Decision Summary |
15 July 2024 | Matthew Bickerstaffe | Substantive Decision |
12 July 2024 | Geraint Griffiths | 3rd IOR summary |
16 July 2024 | Sean Hughes | 6th IOR summary |
23 July 2024 | Sundeep Kaushal | 3rd IOR summary |
25 July 2024 | Turan Kaya | 1st IOR summary |
26 July 2024 | Mabrouk Boughanmi | 1st IOR summary |
29 July 2024 | Ravi Bhojwani | 3rd IOR summary |
23 -24, 28-31 May & 29 July 2024 | Sally Hilton | Substantive Decision Summary |
June
12 June 2024 | Naseem Suleman | Substantive decision |
17-21 June 2024 | Rajeev Lal Saigal | Substantive decision |
17-28 June 2024 | Hadiqa Ali & Azhar Mahmood | Substantive decision |
May
22 April - 3 May 2024 | Yaqut Khan | Substantive decision |
4-5 December 2023, 13 February 2024 and 7 and 10 May 2024 | Mohammed Zada | Substantive decision |
13-14 May 2024 | Aisha Hussain | Substantive decision summary |
April
16 April 2024 | John Watson | Substantive decision |
March
4 -12 March | Baber Malik | Substantive decision |
20 March 2024 | Helen Lampka | Sub Review decision |
11 - 15 and 19 - 20 March 2024 | Ibrar Ahmed | Substantive decision |
February
29 Jan - 01 Feb 2024 | Kirsty Watson | Substantive decision |
29 Jan - 2 Feb 2024 | Herkiran Riyait | Substantive summary Decision |
20-30 Nov 2023 and 21-23 Feb 2024 | Gareth Long | Substantive decision |
January
5 Jan 2024 | Suleman Patel - APPEALED | Substantive decision |
8-16 Jan 2024 | Simon Rose | Substantive decision |
15 Jan 2024 | Arif Chanawala | Restoration decision |
2023
December 2023
04-12 Dec | Robert Fyfe | Substantive Decision |
November 2023
16 Nov | Gary Marshall | 2nd Sub Review decision |
27-30 Nov | Thomas Dupeyrat | Substantive decision |