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R (on the application of Saha and Another) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Secretary of State's duty of candour) 16 January 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Right to leave \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Treebhawon and Others (NIAA 2002 Part 5A - compelling circumstances test) 13 January 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Immigration law \| Countries: Mauritius - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Kaur (children's best interests / public interest interface) 10 January 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Children's rights \| Countries: India - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
JA (child – risk of persecution) Nigeria 20 December 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Legal Instrument: 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) \| Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) \| Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
R (on the application of ZM and SK) v The London Borough of Croydon (Dental age assessment) 20 December 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Pirzada (Deprivation of citizenship: general principles) 24 November 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Criminal justice - Naturalization - Withdrawal of nationality \| Countries: Afghanistan - 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 \| 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 \| Topic(s): Family reunification \| Countries: Tunisia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
R (on the application of SA & AA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Dublin – Article 8 ECHR – interim relief) IJR 9 November 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) \| Topic(s): Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Children's rights - Regional instruments \| Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
HD (Trafficked women) Nigeria CG The guidance set out in PO (trafficked women) Nigeria [2009] UKAIT 00046 at paragraphs 191-192 should no longer be followed. 17 October 2016 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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