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UNHCR intervened in the case. See Submissions on behalf of UNHCR, 5 November 2014 and Further submissions on behalf of UNHCR, 3 June 2015
12 July 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6 February 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): False documents - Human rights law - Illegal entry - Regional instruments | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
30 July 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Cambodia - Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1 May 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Adoption | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division.
9 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.
11 October 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Refugees - Right to family life | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2010] UKSC 49.
23 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Illegal entry - Non-refoulement - Security situation | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (0A161922007). Subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2009] UKSC 16.
1 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Persons with disabilities - Pre-entry procedures - Right to family life | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the High Court, Administrative Court: R (on the application of Min Min and Zahra Ali Omar) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1604 (Admin); and Tekle v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 3064 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: [2010] UKSC 36.
20 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Reception - Regional instruments - Right to employment | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: IA/01807/2008).
17 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Bajuni - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland