United Kingdom: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal for all United Kingdom civil cases, and criminal cases from England, Wales and Northern Ireland; hears appeals on arguable points of law of general public importance; concentrates on cases of the greatest public and constitutional importance; and maintains and develops the role of the highest court in the United Kingdom as a leader in the common law world. The UK Supreme Court has assumed the jurisdiction of the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords and the devolution jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. It is an independent institution, presided over by twelve independently appointed judges, known as Justices of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court was officially opened at the start of the legal year in October 2009. Website: www.supremecourt.gov.uk/

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R (on the application of BF (Eritrea)) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) [2021] UKSC 38 The issues in the appeal are (1) whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in assessing the lawfulness of the policy guidance by reference to whether it (a) created a real risk of more than a minimal number of children being detained, and/or (b) created a risk which could be avoided if the terms of the policy were better formulated; and (2) whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that criterion C, as construed in the context of the relevant policy as a whole, is unlawful. 30 July 2021 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Asylum policy - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) \| Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
G v G [2021] UKSC 9 This case concerned the application of the Hague Convention on child abduction and UK asylum law. The court concluded that a child cannot be removed by a Hague Convention order until after a final determination on the principal applicant's asylum claim. 19 March 2021 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Abduction \| Countries: South Africa - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
KV (Sri Lanka) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) 6 March 2019 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Torture \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
SXH (Appellant) v The Crown Prosecution Service (Respondent) 11 April 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): False documents - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
R (on the application of MM (Lebanon)) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent), R (on the application of Abdul Majid (Pakistan)) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent), R (on the application of Master AF) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent), R (on the application of Shabana Javed (Pakistan)) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent), SS (Congo) (Appellant) v. Entry Clearance Officer, Nairobi (Respondent) 22 February 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Family reunification - Immigration law \| Countries: Lebanon - Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
R (on the application of Agyarko) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent)  R (on the application of Ikuga) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) 22 February 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Family reunification - Right to family life \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hesham Ali (Iraq) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) 16 November 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Family reunification - Immigration law \| Countries: Tunisia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Makhlouf (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) (Northern Ireland) 16 November 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Family reunification \| Countries: Tunisia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
R (on the application of The Public Law Project) (Appellant) v Lord Chancellor (Respondent) 13 July 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Family law - Family reunification \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
R (on the application of The Public Law Project) (Appellant) v Lord Chancellor (Respondent) 18 April 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Immigration law - Legal representation / Legal aid \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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