The key events that led to the Epping asylum seeker injunction being overturned
A temporary precautionary measure that would prevent asylum seekers from taking part in a hotel in EPPING was overthrown in the Essex Court.
The Somani Hotels and the Ministry of Interior, the owner of Bell Hotel in EPPING, challenged a Supreme Court decision that would stop the presence of 138 asylum seekers there.
After a hearing on Friday, the judge of the Court of Appeals decided on Friday in favor of Somani Hotels and the Ministry of Interior, and the measure decision is “seriously defective in the principle”.
The decision will be a relief to the home office, which is prepared for more legal difficulties for the use of hotels in other councils.
But how did we come to this mother? Here is a timeline of events:
May 2020 – March 2021:
Bell Hotel is home to asylum seekers.
October 2022:
Finefir, a separate home office service provider, is approaching Bell Hotel’s owners about housing asylum seekers. According to Somani Hotels’ court documents, the contract begins later in that month.
November 2022:
Bell Hotel with the EPPING Forest Region Council (EFDC) executive officers are contacted.
February 14, 2023:
An official application is made to EFDC to run the hotel as accommodation for asylum seekers for temporary approval.
January 17, 2024:
Finefair tells Bell Hotel that the contract will be terminated due to the restructuring of the home office.
March 21, 2024:
Bell Hotel withdraws the planning permit with the approval of the expected date of the asylum seekers.
April 26, 2024:
All asylum seekers leave the address.
April 2024:
There was no protest from October 2022 to April 2024, and there was no criminal behavior that required the participation of police to local residents. The contract ends with Finefire.
September 2024:
The Ministry of Interior is approaching the hotel through the CTM of the current Ministry of Interior Contractor CTM to use the site as a hotel for asylum seekers.
January 2025:
The Ministry of Interior states that EFDC is determined to be used as the hotel seeking asylum seeking in the future.
20 February – 13 March 2025:
Discussions are held between the Council and the Ministry of Interior and EFDC is expected to come from the end of March.
17 March 2025:
The Council is writing to the Ministry of Interior by objecting to the use of the hotel to host asylum seekers.
April 2025:
Asylum seekers start to come to Bell Hotel.
June 2025:
The protests start outside Bell Hotel.
10 July 2025:
Hadush Gerberslaslass, a resident of Bell Hotel, is involved in the court accused of sexual assault of a 14 -year -old girl. He rejects the allegations and the hearing continues and he is expected to close on September 4.
August 13, 2025:
Mohammed Sharwarq, who lives at Bell Hotel, is accused of sexual assault, two points joint attacks and four attacks by making a shot that is said to be between 25 July and 12 August.
15 August 2025:
EFDC applies to the Supreme Court for the temporary precautionary measure decision that stops the asylum seekers’ involvement in Bell Hotel.
18 August 2025:
Two men, Dean Smith and Stuart Williams were found guilty of a number of violence disorder in connection with a protest on 17 July.
19 August 2025:
The Supreme Court gives EFDC a temporary precautionary precaution that prevents asylum seekers from taking place in Bell Hotel.
28 August 2025:
The proposal of a temporary decision to temporarily block the owner of Bell Hotel in EPPING, one of the housing asylum seekers of the Ministry of Interior, rests at the appeal court in London.
29 August 2025:
The Court of Appeal disrupts a temporary precautionary measure decision that prevents the hosting of asylum seekers in Bell Hotel.
