Past hearings

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Past hearings

2025

February
03-05 Feb 2025 Anil Rach Substantive decision
10 Feb 2025 Mariam Haling Interim Order decision summary
10-12 Feb 2025 Zara Shafique Substantive decision
13 Feb 2025 Shahid Nazir 3rd IO Review Summary
20 Feb 2025 Nirmal Koasha 3rd Sub Review decision
24 Feb 2025 Umar Masood 3rd IO Review Summary
25 Feb 2025 Sundeep Kaushal 4th IO Review Summary
January
06 Jan 2025 Emma Turner 1st Sub Review decision
06-08 Jan 2025 Zeeshan Sultan  Substantive decision 
13 Jan 2025 Mabrouk Boughanmi 2nd IO Review Summary 
14 Jan 2025 Ravi Bhojwani 4th IO Review Summary
17 Jan 2025 Geraint Griffiths 4th IO Review Summary
22 Jan 2025 Sean Hughes  7th IO Review Summary
22 Jan 2025 Abdul Khan 2nd IO Review Summary 
22 Jan 2025 Kevin Uren Interim Order summary 
24 Jan 2025 Siddique Chowdhury 1st IO Review Summary
27 Jan 2025 Andrew Maynard 3rd Sub Review decision
29 Jan 2025  Herkiran Riyait 1st Sub Review summary
20-30 Jan 2025 Kartik Bharadia Substantive Decision

2024

December
2 Dec 2024 Bethan John Substantive decision
2-5 Dec 2024 Holly Bailey Substantive decision
13 Dec 2024 Azhar Mahmood Sub Review decision
5-13 Dec 2024 Lokesh Prabhakar 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 
11-15 Nov 2024 Imaad Amanat Substantive Decision
18 Nov 2024 James Rees Interim Order Decision 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 
21 Oct 2024 Helen Holman APD Substantive Decision
22 Oct 2024 Jane Lai 3rd Sub Review summary 
28 Oct 2024 Richard Carr APD Substantive Decision 
September
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
16 Sep 2024 Adam-Bilal Sayed 1st IOR Decision Summary
August
05-12 August 2024 Ateeq Ashraf Substantive Decision 
July
01 - 02 July 2024 Gareth Harris  Substantive Decision
02-12 July 2024 Priyal Patel Substantive Decision Summary
15 July 2024 Matthew Bickerstaffe Substantive Decision
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
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
20-30 Nov 2023 and 21-23 Feb 2024  Gareth Long Substantive decision 
January
5 Jan 2024 Suleman Patel - APPEALED Substantive decision