Reclaiming Motion By Yc Against The Secretary Of State For The Home Department

JurisdictionScotland
JudgeLord Drummond Young,Lord Brodie,Lord Justice Clerk
Neutral Citation[2019] CSIH 5
Date31 January 2019
Docket NumberP747/17
CourtCourt of Session
Published date31 January 2019
SECOND DIVISION, INNER HOUSE, COURT OF SESSION
[2019] CSIH 5
P747/17
Lord Justice Clerk
Lord Brodie
Lord Drummond Young
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by LADY DORRIAN, the LORD JUSTICE CLERK
in the Reclaiming Motion
by
YC
Petitioner and Reclaimer
against
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
Respondent
Petitioner and Reclaimer: Dewar QC, Caskie; Drummond Miller LLP
Respondent: Gill; Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
31 January 2019
Introduction
[1] The reclaimer is a Chinese national, who illegally entered the United Kingdom in
2011. In January 2013 she claimed asylum based upon fear of persecution on the ground of
religious beliefs, being a Jehovah's witness. That claim and a subsequent appeal were
refused. She subsequently married PW, a Chinese national, whose claim for asylum had
also been refused. They have three children, born in the UK in March 2013, January 2015

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