United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee)

The House of Lords is the United Kingdom's supreme court of appeal. Its decisions are final for civil cases in all United Kingdom courts; and for criminal cases in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since October 2009, the jurisdiction of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords was assumed by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Website: www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ld/ldjudinf.htm

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Beoku-Betts (FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 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) \| Document type: Case Law \| 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
EB (Kosovo) (FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 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) \| Document type: Case Law \| 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
Saber (AP) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department On appeal from the Court of Session (Inner House): [2003] SLT 1409. 12 December 2007 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Asylum policy - Changes of circumstances in home country - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion \| Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
In re B (FC) (Appellant) (2002). Regina v. Special Adjudicator, Ex parte Hoxha (FC) On appeal from [2002] EWCA Civ 1403. The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 (United Nations) Art.1C(5) and the proviso to it could not be relied on before it had been determined whether an asylum seeker was entitled to refugee status under Art.1A(2), and in any event the proviso only applied to "statutory refugees" under Art.1A(1) to which it expressly referred and there was no general practice of states to apply the proviso to all refugees. 10 March 2005 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Regina v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Zeqiri - 24 January 2002 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country \| Countries: Serbia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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