ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
JudgeLADY HALE,Lord Brown,Lord Mance,LORD HOPE,LORD KERR
Judgment Date01 February 2011
Neutral Citation[2011] UKSC 4
CourtSupreme Court
Date01 February 2011
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1349 cases
  • R Ali v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 12 September 2011
    ...found in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and the decision of the Supreme Court in ZH (Tanzania) v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4. 6 In the decision letter of the 29 March 2011 the defendant said this: (checked to audio only as no bundle available) " Following the Supreme Court'......
  • Arturas (Child's Best Interests: Ni Appeals)
    • United Kingdom
    • Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)
    • 8 September 2021
    ...child a primary consideration in the proportionality balancing exercise: ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department[2011] UKSC 4 applied. The Tribunal's function was not limited to considering the submissions and evidential material put to the Secretary of State. It must con......
  • R and Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 28 June 2013
    ...Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, section 55 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 and ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4 require between them, that the best interests of children are "a primary consideration" in any immigra......
  • R Hs and Others v The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber), Secretary of State for the Home Department
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
    • 28 November 2012
    ...there is much to be said for an approach in which the immigration decisions, applying s. 55, and the guidance given in ZH Tanzania v SSHD [2011] UKSC 4 and Tinizray v SSHD [2011] EWHC 1850, are accelerated to minimise the period of uncertainty for children and to avoid the family justice sy......
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2 firm's commentaries
  • Alternative Visa Routes For Family Members Of Refugees
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 25 October 2021
    ...but this is not the same as saying that they should be accorded substantial weight (Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2011] UKSC 4) These cases will always be intensely fact-specific and will need to be supported by cogent, compelling and comprehensive evidence. You shou......
  • Alternative Visa Routes For Family Members Of Refugees
    • United Kingdom
    • Mondaq UK
    • 25 October 2021
    ...but this is not the same as saying that they should be accorded substantial weight (Mathieson v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2011] UKSC 4) These cases will always be intensely fact-specific and will need to be supported by cogent, compelling and comprehensive evidence. You shou......
14 books & journal articles
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Restrictions on the Use of Land Preliminary Sections
    • 30 August 2016
    ...Zenios v Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1645 323, 326, 328 ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4, [2011] 2 AC 166, [2011] 2 WLR 148, [2011] 1 FCR 221 426
  • Table of Cases
    • United Kingdom
    • Wildy Simmonds & Hill Planning Law. A Practitioner's Handbook Contents
    • 30 August 2019
    ...Affairs [2002] EWHC 844 (Admin) 591 Page 61 Table of Cases lxi ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4, [2011] 2 AC 166, [2011] 2 WLR 148, [2011] 2 All ER 783 151 Zurich Assurance Ltd v Winchester City Council [2014] EWHC 758 (Admin), [2014] PLSCS 92 12
  • Case Notes
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law No. 18-1-2, March 2011
    • 1 March 2011
    ...13 Apri l 2011).46 See for example, the UK Supreme Cour t ruling i n ZH (Tanzania) (FC) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4. ‘Constructive deportation’ arises when a Member State orders the deportation of t he non-citizen parent of a lawfu lly resident child. In such......
  • Making the best interests of the child a substantive human right at the centre of national level expulsion decisions
    • United Kingdom
    • Sage Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights No. 38-3, September 2020
    • 1 September 2020
    ...Act 1998, s 2.13. Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009, s 55.14. ZH (Tanzania) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] UKSC 4 [23].15. JO and Others (section 55 duty) Nigeria [2014] UKUT 517 (IAC) [6].16. Zoumbas v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] UKSC ......
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