For a while now, the case of MY (Pakistan) [2021] EWCA Civ 1500 has been pending before the Court of Appeal. The appealed decision, made by the Upper Tribunal (IAC) on 17 February 2020, removed the right to a statutory appeal where the Home Office had not considered any human…
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Human rights applications and statutory rights to appeal – the domestic abuse context
New Judgment: R (on the application of Majera (formerly SM (Rwanda)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2021] UKSC 46, on appeal from: [2018] EWCA Civ 2770
The Appellant is a national of Rwanda who had been granted indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom. After being convicted of serious criminal offences in 2006, he received a sentence of imprisonment and in 2012 was…
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In MY (Suicide risk after Paposhvili) Occupied Palestinian Authority [2021] UKUT 232 (IAC) (23 August 2021), the Upper Tribunal made it clear from the outset that the appellant's appeal was allowed on Article 3 health grounds, which was the determinative issue in the appeal.…
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