Legal Information

Application for leave to appeal.

13 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for interim liberation.

10 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Immigration Detention - Refugees | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review of decision of the Secretary of State in respect of the applicant's continued detention.

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - False documents - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal under section 103B of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 against a decision of the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

27 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

26 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Returnees - Women-at-risk | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Right to family life | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review against a decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department.

5 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - State protection | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for Judicial Review of a decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department dated 14 March 2008 to refuse to treat the petitioner's representations as a fresh claim for asylum under Rule 353 of the Immigration Rules.

13 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - State protection | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal against a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tajik | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland