Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2010] All ER (D) 34 (Feb)
Neutral Citation: [2010] EWCA Civ 768
Court: Court of Appeal, Civil Division
Judge:

Rix, Moses LJJ and Sir David Keene (judgment delivered extempore)

Judgment Dates: 29 January 2010

Catchwords

Immigration - Appeal - Deportation - Claimant arriving in United Kingdom from Jamaica - Claimant being convicted of, inter alia, attempted murder - Secretary of State ordering claimant's deportation - Claimant appealing - Claimant alleging that he would be at risk on return as he was leader of a notorious criminal gang in Jamaica - Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, on second reconsideration, refusing Secretary of State permission to withdraw concession in relation to claimant's identity - Tribunal allowing claimant's appeal - Whether tribunal erring.

The Case

Immigration Appeal. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal had erred in not allowing the Secretary of State to withdraw a concession that the claimant, who had been convicted of various criminal offences, was at risk if he could prove he was the leader of a notorious criminal gang in Jamaica.

Practice Areas

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