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United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales)

The High Court deals with higher level civil disputes and consists of three divisions: the Queen’s Bench Division; the Chancery Division and the Family Division. The jurisdiction of the Administrative Court, which is part of the Queen’s Bench Division, is varied, consisting of the administrative law jurisdiction of England and Wales as well as a supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts and tribunals. Website: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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H, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

19 February 2015 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Refoulement | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of Shekib Ahmad) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

10 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Afghanistan

Nasseri v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Application for judicial review of the Secretary of State's decision to order removal to Greece, and application for a declaration that the provisions of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 Schedule 3 para 3 were incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court of Appeal allowed the Secretary of State’s subsequent appeal: Secretary of State for the Home Department v. JN [2008] EWCA Civ 464.

2 July 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Safe third country | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the Application of S) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

26 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Right to family life | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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