Case Law

Petition for review granted, order and opinion vacated and remanded for proceedings to review whether the evidence of record demonstrates that claimants persecutors will physically and sexually abuse him in a manner that rises to the level of torture under the CAT, and decide whether Jamaican public officials will consent to or acquiesce in any such abuse.

10 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Countries: Jamaica - United States of America

Request for deferral of removal under the Convention Against Torture granted. Unpublished Opinion.

7 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Jamaica - United States of America

9 May 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Mental health - Mentally disadvantaged persons | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Queen's Bench Administrative Court.

29 July 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Expedited procedures - Immigration Detention | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 7 December 2009 and 30 November 2010.

24 June 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - SGBV - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales: [2010] EWCA Civ 111.

23 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

16 December 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Fresh / New claim - Right to family life | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review of a decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department to certify his decision to deport the Petitioner from the United Kingdom in terms of section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act.

23 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Right to family life - Safe country of origin | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal.

14 October 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Right to family life | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (IA/12902/2007).

5 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland