Daniel's Special Care Limited, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Facts

The claimant, Daniel's Special Care Limited, is a care provider business based in England supplying domiciliary care to vulnerable service users. It was granted a sponsor licence on 2 December 2021, permitting it to sponsor migrant workers under the Workers and Temporary Workers Scheme. The Secretary of State for the Home Department carried out a compliance visit on 24 February 2025 and suspended the licence on 23 July 2025, alleging shortfalls in the working hours and pay of three sponsored workers (identified as RA, AO and RO), a failure to retain historical contact records, and a failure to conduct timely and valid right to work checks. The claimant responded on 18 August 2025, but the Secretary of State revoked the licence on 13 October 2025, relying on Annex C1(aa) and Annex C2(b) of Part 3 of the Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors. Two pre-action protocol letters, of 4 November and 18 December 2025, were answered on 18 November 2025 and 2 January 2026 respectively, the Revocation Decision being maintained. Permission to apply for judicial review was refused on the papers by David Pittaway KC on 2 June 2026, and the claimant renewed its application on five grounds, which were argued orally on 23 July 2026.