Case Law

Application for judicial review.

22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. HX/01016/2004).

22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee camps - Standard of proof | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/10981/2006).

8 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum policy - Blood feuds - Right to family life - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Yemen

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/06614/2005).

3 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to family life | Countries: Guinea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

17 March 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Right to family life | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review on appeal from the High Court (Queen's Bench Division) (Administrative Court). The House of Lords, subsequently, allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal: [2009] UKHL 6.

24 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Ashkaelian - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Minorities - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Serbia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

22 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (IA/05524/06]).

14 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Public health - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: India - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland