Oguz v Secretary of State for the Home Department

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Sedley,Lord Justice Rimer,Lord Justice Laws
Judgment Date23 March 2010
Neutral Citation[2010] EWCA Civ 311
Date23 March 2010
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Docket NumberCase No: C5/2009/1846

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)

ON APPEAL FROM THE ASYLUM AND IMMIGRATION APPEAL TRIBUNALIA

Before: Lord Justice Laws

Lord Justice Sedley

and

Lord Justice Rimer

Case No: C5/2009/1846

/18188/2008

Between
Oguz
Appellant
and
Secretary Of State For The Home Department
Respondent

Mr John Walsh (instructed by Messrs Birnberg Peirce & Partners) for the Appellant Mr Robert Palmer (instructed by Treasury Solicitor) for the Respondent

Hearing date: Tuesday 16 March 2010

Lord Justice Sedley

Lord Justice Sedley:

1

When this appeal came before the court on 16 March, Mr John Walsh, representing the appellant, realistically and properly conceded that in the present state of binding authority he could not succeed at this level.

2

The immediate reason for this concession was the majority decision of this court in Sonmez [2009] EWCA Civ 58 But behind Sonmez lies jurisprudence, including importantly the decision of the European Court of Justice in Kondova v United Kingdom [2001] ECR I —6427, which appeared to have become sufficiently problematical to warrant the grant of permission to appeal to this court.

3

On the basis of what we now know was incomplete information about the power of referral, we gave an extempore judgment formally dismissing the appeal and refusing permission to appeal to the Supreme Court, but making it clear that this was in order that the Supreme Court itself might...

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