New country guidance case on risk on return to Sudan

Legal Updates

Country guidance cases are asylum appeals chosen by the immigration tribunal to give legal guidance for a particular country, or a particular group of people in a particular country. The decisions in these cases are assumed to be based on the best possible evidence about that country at that time. Until there are significant changes in that country, a country guidance decision sets out the law for other asylum-seekers from that country.

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Home Office unlawfully imposed curfews: does this affect someone you know?

Legal Updates

There was a very important judgment from the Court of Appeal last week.

The judgment was in the case of Mr Gedi, who was represented by Tom Hickman of Blackstone Chambers instructed by Ravi Naik of ITN solicitors. 

The Court of Appeal found that the UK government has no power to impose a curfew either under powers for electronic monitoring or under general powers for conditions under the Immigration Act 1971.

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Asylum claims: Ethiopia

Legal Updates

We are often asked, “Do people get asylum if they are from [x or y country]?”

It’s impossible to generalise about how asylum claims will be decided – although the grant rate for some countries is higher than others, each asylum claim should (in theory) be decided on an individual, case-by-case basis. 

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