Case Law

Heard at Field House on 28 May 2008.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum policy - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Police - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

2 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Police - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Application for judicial review.

2 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Police - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

6 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

Application for permission to appeal against a decision by an Immigration Judge (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal).

17 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review. The judgment was further appealed before the Court of Appeal: [2008] EWCA Civ 1549.

11 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Immigration Detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Visas | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

7 February 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

1 February 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

17 January 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gender-based persecution - Passports - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Tamil - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka