8 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ceasefire - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
Application for judicial review.
3 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
18 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Changes of circumstances in home country - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
12 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Changes of circumstances in home country - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Security situation - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for permission to apply for judicial review.
23 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Changes of circumstances in home country - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for judicial review. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 833.
31 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Changes of circumstances in home country - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Kurd - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
31 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Chinese - Christian - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia
Heard on 9 April 2008. On appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal: [2005] EWCA Civ 828.
25 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard on 16 and 17 April 2008. On appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal: [2006] EWCA Civ 1713.
25 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Kosovar - Right to family life | Countries: Serbia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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