United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority

The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) forms part of the Tribunals Service, an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. The implementation of AIT in 2005, superseded the former Immigration Appellent Authority (IAA). The AIT hears and decides appeals against decisions made by the Home Office in matters of asylum, immigration and nationality. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal was abolished by Article 2 of the Transfer of Functions of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal Order 2010, and its functions were transferred to the First-tier Tribunal and the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber (UTIAC), created under Part 1 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007, effective 15 February 2010. Website: www.ait.gov.uk/

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IH (S.72; 'Particularly Serious Crime') Eritrea v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 12 February, 3 and 9 September 2008. 9 March 2009 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Refoulement - Serious non-political crime \| Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SA (Article 8 - Burden of Proof) Algeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 16 May 2008. 18 June 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Deportation / Forcible return - Right to family life \| Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JC (Double Jeopardy: Art 10 CL) China v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 21-23 January 2008. The decisions in WC (No Risk of Double Punishment) China v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKIAT 00253 and SC (Double Jeopardy - WC Considered) China v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2006] UKAIT 00007 are no longer factually accurate, and SC should no longer be treated as country guidance. The Court of Appeal (England and Wales) dismissed a subsequent appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 81. Guidance subsequently confirmed by the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in YF (double jeopardy - JC confirmed) China CG [2011] UKUT 32 (IAC). 14 May 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Corruption - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Prison or detention conditions - Prosecution vs persecution \| Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RZ (Eurodac - Fingerprint Match - Admissible) Eritrea v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Manchester on 6 November 2007. 28 January 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Standard of proof \| Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RD (Cessation - Burden of Proof - Procedure) Algeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 28 June 2007 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Burden of proof - Cessation clauses - Passports \| Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MM (UDPS Members - Risk on Return) Democratic Republic of Congo v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 13 March 2007 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion \| Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
WK (Article 8 - Expulsion Cases - Review of Case-Law) Palestinian Territories v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 23 August 2006 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Complementary forms of protection - Expulsion - Mental health - Public health - Standard of proof \| Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
LW (Cancellation Refugee Status - UNHCR Note) Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard: 11.01.2005; Signed: 11.01.2005; Sent out: 03.02.2005. Asylum seeker - recognized as a refugee in another country - burden on Home Office to show most substantial and clear grounds for not according refugee status in this country. 3 February 2005 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Standard of proof \| Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
16 (Return - Kabul - Pashtun) Afghanistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 13 February 2003 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Burden of proof - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Babela v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 20 January 2003 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Countries: Congo, Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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