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Past hearings
2024
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 |
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 |
29 Feb 2024 |
Philip Sowden |
Substantive Review decision |
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 |
11 Jan 2024 | Mohamed Sufi | Reg Appeal decision |
12 Jan 2024 | Raees Ishtiaq | IO application summary |
15 Jan 2024 | Arif Chanawala | Restoration decision |
16 Jan 2024 |
Andrew Oliver | IO application summary |
18 Jan 2024 |
Sally Hilton | 1st IOR 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 |
13 Dec | Ibrar Ahmed | 3rd IOR Summary |
21 Dec | Christopher Watson | IO application summary |
November 2023
1 Nov | Ross Hutcheson | 2nd Sub Review decision |
7 Nov | Joshua Smith | Substantive APD decision |
16-19, 24-26 & 30 Oct, 1 & 7 Nov | Andrew Maynard | Substantive decision |
17 - 25 July, 6 & 8 Nov | Donald Lydon | Substantive decision |
14 Nov | John Watson | 6th IO Review 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 |
18 Oct | Mohammed Ul- Haq | 1st IOR decision summary |
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
11 April | Daniel Holden | Substantive decision |
12-14 April | Badran Rehman | Substantive decision |
26 April | Helen Connor | Registration Appeal Summary |
March 2023
13 March - 20 March | Helen Lampka | Substantive Decision |
23-24 March | Keith Coakham | Substantive APD (summary) |