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8 December 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Mental health | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America
31 January 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Expedited procedures - Regional instruments - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
16 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Ireland: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Regional instruments - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
Heard on 30 July 2009. On appeal from: [2009] EWCA Civ 119.
26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for judicial review.
25 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Non-state agents of persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
18 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution - State protection | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
29 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queens bench Division, Administrative Court: Etame v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; Anirah v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1140 (Admin). The Court of Appeal judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2009] UKSC 7.
26 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Suspensive effect | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland