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Past hearings

2024

October
1 Oct 2024 Ross Hutcheson 3rd Sub Review Decision
September
2 Sep 2024 Andrew Maynard 2nd Sub Review Decision
3 Sep 2024 Christopher Watson 2nd IO Review summary
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
9 Sep 2024 Hadiqa Ali Sub Review Decision
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 
19 Aug 2024 Omer Arshad 7th IOR Summary
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
31 July 2024 Richard Carr 5th IOR summary
June
11 June 2024 Raees Ishtiaq 1st IOR Summary
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
24 June 2024 Hasmita Shah 1st IOR Summary 
25 June 2024 Andrew Oliver 1st IOR Summary
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
17 May 2024 Nasir Butt IO application summary
20 May 2024 Mohammad Khan  1st IOR summary
April
16 April 2024 John Watson Substantive decision
17 April 2024 Yasmin Saleem IO Application decision summary
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
7 Nov  Joshua Smith Substantive APD decision
17 - 25 July, 6 & 8 Nov Donald Lydon Substantive decision
16 Nov Gary Marshall 2nd Sub Review decision
13-21 Nov Rishi Patel Substantive decision
27-30 Nov Thomas Dupeyrat Substantive decision
October 2023
02-03, 05 & 09-13 Oct  Tajinder Ghattaora Substantive decision 
25 July-09 Aug and 23-24 Oct   Mariam Haling  Substantive decision summary 
27 Oct  Jane Lai 2nd Substantive review summary