Asylum and Immigration Appeals in UK Law

Leading Cases
  • Huang v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Abu-Qulbain v Same; Kashmiri v Same
    • House of Lords
    • 21 Marzo 2007

    In an article 8 case where this question is reached, the ultimate question for the appellate immigration authority is whether the refusal of leave to enter or remain, in circumstances where the life of the family cannot reasonably be expected to be enjoyed elsewhere, taking full account of all considerations weighing in favour of the refusal, prejudices the family life of the applicant in a manner sufficiently serious to amount to a breach of the fundamental right protected by article 8.

  • Januzi and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • House of Lords
    • 15 Febrero 2006

    The decision-maker, taking account of all relevant circumstances pertaining to the claimant and his country of origin, must decide whether it is reasonable to expect the claimant to relocate or whether it would be unduly harsh to expect him to do so. The decision-maker must do his best to decide, on such material as is available, where on the spectrum the particular case falls. All must depend on a fair assessment of the relevant facts.

  • JM v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 04 Octubre 2006

    It seems to me to be wrong in principle that the price of getting before an independent tribunal, for a judicial decision on a human rights claim should be the commission of a criminal offence and other associated legal prohibitions.

  • EO (Deportation appeals: scope and process)
    • Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
    • 27 Marzo 2007

    We do, however, need to point out in this context that a decision that a person is to be removed by way of directions under s10 does not carry a general right of appeal from within the United Kingdom. That is because s82(2)(g) is not in the list of immigration decisions carrying that right in s92(2). “Asylum claim” and “human rights claim” are phrases defined in s113 and are subject to amendments by the 2006 Act which have not yet come into force.

  • As (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 20 Octubre 2009

    (4) On an appeal under section 82(1), 83( 2) or 83A(2) against a decision the Tribunal may consider evidence about any matter which it thinks relevant to the substance of the decision, including evidence which concerns a matter arising after the date of the decision…

  • Secretary of State for the Home Department v AKRAM DAVOODIPANAH/
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • 29 Enero 2004

    What the tribunal must do is to try to obtain a fair and just result. In the absence of prejudice, if a Presenting Officer has made a concession which appears in retrospect to be a concession which he or she should not have made, then probably justice will require that the Secretary of State be allowed to withdraw that concession before the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

  • SM (Section 8: Judge’s process)
    • Asylum and Immigration Tribunal
    • 05 Julio 2005

    The fact-finder must consider all these points together; and, despite section 8, and although some matters may go against and some matters count in favour of credibility, it is for the fact-finder to decide which are the important, and which are the less important features of the evidence, and to reach his view as a whole on the evidence as a whole.

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Legislation
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Books & Journal Articles
  • Second‐hand Emotion? Exploring the Contagion and Impact of Trauma and Distress in the Asylum Law Context
    • No. 40-4, November 2013
    • Journal of Law and Society
    Applicants' accounts of experiences of fear, trauma, violence, and persecution are central to the process of claiming asylum. These narratives are, at a human level, primed to provoke emotional res...
    ... ... interviews with asylum stakeholders and observation of 48 appeals to the Immigration and Asylum Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal, this ... ...
  • Book Review: Macdonald's Immigration Law and Practice
    • No. 60-2, May 1996
    • Journal of Criminal Law, The
    ... ... is a story about someone awaiting deportation, about asylum seekers, about overstayers, about movement of labour within the ... The Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 is given detailed coverage and there is, of course, much else ... ...
  • The Asylum and Immigration Act 1996: Erosion of the Right to Seek Asylum
    • No. 61-2, March 1998
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... the discussion during 1996 bore upon the legislative proposals contained in the Asylum and Immigration Bill — extension of the accelerated appeals procedure, withdrawal of social security benefits from asylum seekers, prevention of illegal working, removal of certain in-country appeal rights — ... ...
  • The Immigration and Asylum Act 1999: A Missed Opportunity?
    • No. 64-3, May 2001
    • The Modern Law Review
    ... ... * Since 1993, the United Kingdom (UK) Parliament has passed three successive statutes on asylum and immigration: the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993, the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996, and the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999. This last, introduced by a Labour Government, is the most ... ...
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Law Firm Commentaries
  • UK Government Announces Measures To Speed Up Immigration Decisions
    • Mondaq UK
    ...As many UK visa applicants and those with appeals pending before ... the Immigration Tribunal continue to face delays in the ... More Immigration Appeals To Be Heard In The Immigration and ... Asylum Tribunal ... In a further development aimed at speeding up immigration ... ...
  • Immigration Appeals - Updated Procedure
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... Anyone unrepresented (not represented by a ... qualified person within the meaning of section 84 of the Immgration and Asylum Act ... Anyone in detention ... The matter is simplified as it is considered not reasonably ... practicable in those circumstances to commence an ... ...
  • How To Appeal A UK Visa Or Immigration Decision
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... for lodging an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum ... Chamber), the circumstances in which it may be possible to ... appeal ... of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal to immigration appeals based on ... human rights, highlighting some of the most important ... ...
  • Immigration Tribunal Appeals - A Practical Guide (4)
    • Mondaq UK
    ... ... An ... application can be made at the time of lodging the immigration ... appeal and anytime thereafter. Asylum appeals are usually ... automatically anonymised. The  ... Presidential Guidance Note No 2 of 2011: Anonymity Directions in ... the FtT(IAC) offers ... ...
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Forms
  • Application of renewal (UTIAC)
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Upper Tribunal) forms including the judicial review form.
    ... ... case under the Community Legal Service (Asylum and Immigration Appeals) Regulations 2005 ... ... ...
  • Application for anonymity (IAT)
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Upper Tribunal) forms including the judicial review form.
    ... Anonymity application form (Immigration & Asylum Tribunal appeals) ... body { ... ...
  • C6)
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Court of Appeal Civil Division forms including form N244 to apply for a court order.
    ... CIVIL APPEALS BUNDLES ... body { font-family:'Times New ... 12.  Original immigration" decision of the Secretary of State for ... \t\t\t\t \xC2" ... from the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber in a Judicial Review of a decision by the ... ...
  • Form T619
    • HM Courts & Tribunals Service court and tribunal forms
    Special Immigration Appeals Commission forms including notice of appeal.
    ... ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION ... body { line-height:115%; ... Appeals Commi ss ion ( S IAC) ... THE SPECIAL ... ...
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