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Past hearings

2024

April
02 April 2024 Adam-Bilal Sayed IO Application decision Summary 
05 April 2024 Shahid Nazir 1st IOR Summary
11 April 2024 Abdul Khan IO Application decision summary
16 April 2024 John Watson Substantive decision
March
1 March 2024 Michael Moon 2nd Sub Review Decision
5 March 2024 Ravi Bhojwani 2nd IOR Summary
6 March 2024 Richard Carr 4th IOR Summary
7 March 2024 Naseem Suleman 1st IOR Summary
4 & 13 March 2024 Nirmal Koasha Sub Review decision
4 -12 March Baber Malik Substantive decision
15 March 2024 Andrew Maynard Sub Review decision
20 March 2024 Helen Lampka Sub Review decision
11 - 15 and 19 - 20 March 2024 Ibrar Ahmed Substantive decision
25 March 2024 Christopher Watson 1st IOR Summary
25 March 2024 Sally Hilton 2nd IOR summary
27 March 2024 Francisca Gracia Ruiz IO application summary
28 March 2024 Mabrouk Boughanmi IO Application Summary
28 March 2024 Mohammed Ul-Haq 2nd IOR summary 
February
1 Feb 2024 Matthew Bickerstaffe 5th IOR summary
29 Jan - 2 Feb 2024 Herkiran Riyait Substantive summary Decision  
5 Feb 2024 Omer Arshad 6th IOR summary
13 Feb 2024 Geraint Griffiths 2nd IOR summary
14 Feb 2024 Priyal Patel 4th IOR summary
15 Feb 2024 Rajeev Lal Saigal 1st IOR summary
16 Feb 2024 Sean Hughes 5th IOR summary
19 Feb 2024 Sam Silver 4th IOR summary
22 Feb 2024 Amandeep Sandhu 1st Substantive Order Review
23 Feb 2024 Sundeep Kaushal 2nd IOR summary
20-30 Nov 2023 and 21-23 Feb 2024  Gareth Long Substantive decision 
26 Feb 2024 Sohail Bhula IO Application Summary 
27 Feb 2024

Turan Kaya

IO Application summary
January
3 Jan 2024 Arif Ali 1st IOR summary
4 Jan 2024 Ravi Bhojwani 1st IOR summary 
5 Jan 2024 Suleman Patel - APPEALED Substantive decision
5 Jan 2024 Aisha Hussain 5th IOR summary
8 - 16 Jan 2024 Simon Rose  Substantive decision
12 Jan 2024 Raees Ishtiaq IO application summary
15 Jan 2024 Arif Chanawala Restoration decision

16 Jan 2024

Andrew Oliver IO application summary

19 Jan 2024

Sapna Dave 1st IOR summary

23 Jan 2024

Hasmita Shah IO application summary

29 Jan - 01 Feb 2024

Kirsty Watson Substantive decision

2023

December 2023
8 Dec Mohammad Khan IO application summary
04-12 Dec Robert Fyfe  Substantive Decision 
November 2023
1 Nov Ross Hutcheson 2nd Sub Review decision
7 Nov  Joshua Smith Substantive APD decision
17 - 25 July, 6 & 8 Nov Donald Lydon Substantive decision
15 Nov Umar Masood Interim Order application summary
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 
20 Oct  Shahid Nazir Interim Order Application decision summary
25 July-09 Aug and 23-24 Oct   Mariam Haling  Substantive decision summary 
27 Oct  Jane Lai 2nd Substantive review summary
September 2023
26 Sept Bhavik Gandhi Substantive APD decision
July 2023
3-11 July 2023  Ben Burnage Substantive decision
19 July 2023  Omowunmi Olakehinde  Registration Appeal Summary 
13 - 19 July 2023 Carla Mahon Substantive decision
June 2023
19 - 21 June 2023 Martyn Stewart Substantive decision
19 - 22 June 2023 Jitesh Gadher Substantive decision
May 2023
22 - 26 May Mohammed Zada Substantive decision
16-31 May Manish Patel Substantive decision
April 2023
12-14 April  Badran Rehman Substantive decision
26 April  Helen Connor Registration Appeal Summary