Persons of concern / Asylum-seekers

On appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court: [2008] EWHC 1364 (Admin) . The Court of Appeal judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2009] UKSC 8.

18 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Criminal justice - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Right to family life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Applications for writs of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum.

30 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Habeas corpus - Non-refoulement - Refugees - Terrorism | Countries: Tunisia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - False documents - Legal representation / Legal aid - Refugees | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court): [2008] EWHC 98 (Admin). The decision was subsequently appealed before the UK Supreme Court: [2011] UKSC 23.

6 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security - Visas | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

On appeal from the High Court (Queen’s Bench Division), Administrative Court: [2007] EWHC 3381 (Admin).

14 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - Drug trafficking - Non-refoulement | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division (Mr Justice McCombe): Nasseri v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 1548 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: [2009] UKHL 23

14 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Safe third country | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the England and Wales High Court, Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court.

18 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Extreme poverty - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Mental health - Right to health | Countries: Serbia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Hearing date: 18 July 2007. On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

25 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Hearing date: 11 July 2007. On appeal from the Crown Court at Croydon.

16 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Passports - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 February 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Prosecution vs persecution - Travel documents | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland