R SS (Sri Lanka) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLord Justice Leggatt,Sir Colin Rimer,Lewison LJ
Judgment Date15 June 2018
Neutral Citation[2018] EWCA Civ 1391
Docket NumberCase No: C5/2015/4127
CourtCourt of Appeal (Civil Division)
Date15 June 2018
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  • Briggs v Drylined Homes Ltd
    • United Kingdom
    • King's Bench Division
    • 24 Febrero 2023
    ...little weight on that. I note the research results cited by Leggatt LJ in R (SS)(Kenya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1391 at [39]: “… social scientists have tested the legal premise concerning demeanor as a scientific hypothesis … According to the empirical ......
  • Adrian Charles Hyde v Antony David Nygate (in his Capacity as Representative of the Estate of James Joseph Bannon, Former Joint Administrator of One Blackfriars Ltd Appointed Under Cpr R 19.8(1))
    • United Kingdom
    • Chancery Division
    • 23 Marzo 2021
    ...the reasons given by Leggatt LJ (as then was) in R. on the application of SS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2018 EWCA Civ 1391. “[36]. [I]t has increasingly been recognised that it is usually unreliable and often dangerous to draw a conclusion from a witness's dem......
  • Z.K v The Minister for Justice and Others
    • Ireland
    • Court of Appeal (Ireland)
    • 20 Octubre 2023
    ...fact, diminish, rather than enhance, the accuracy of a judgment. 51 In SS (Sri Lanka) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1391 (‘ SS’) Lord Justice Leggatt (at paras. 36–37), noted that, generally speaking, the inability to assess the demeanour of witnesses is no ......
  • AZ (Error of law: Jurisdiction; PTA practice) Iran
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 5 Julio 2018
    ...of delay in the production of a Tribunal decision has recently been examined in detail by the Court of Appeal in SS (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 1391. After a comprehensive analysis of the relevant case law, both in the immigration jurisdiction a......
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