Ates v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1347 (05 October 2004)

Ates v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] EWCA Civ 1347 (05 October 2004)

The adjudicator's questioning was for clarification and did not render the hearing unfair; the Tribunal applied the correct legal test and there was no arguable error of law.

Citation
[2004] EWCA Civ 1347
Parties
Claimant/applicant: Bunyamin Ates; Defendant/respondent: Secretary of State for the Home Department
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
05 October 2004
Procedural Posture
Asylum Appeal / Renewed Application for Permission to Appeal to the Court of Appeal (civil Division)
Outcome
Application for permission to appeal dismissed
Legal Topics
Asylum, Procedural Fairness, Judicial Conduct, Appeal Process
Immigration Administrative Law Asylum Procedural Fairness Judicial Conduct Appeal Process

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Parties

Bunyamin Ates

Claimant/applicant

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Defendant/respondent

Procedural Posture

Asylum Appeal / Renewed Application for Permission to Appeal to the Court of Appeal (civil Division)

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the adjudicator's questioning of the appellant rendered the hearing unfair
  2. 2 Whether the Immigration Appeal Tribunal erred in law in upholding the adjudicator's decision

Ratio Decidendi

The adjudicator's questioning was for clarification and did not render the hearing unfair; the Tribunal applied the correct legal test and there was no arguable error of law.

Court Disposition

Application for permission to appeal dismissed

Orders

  • Application for permission to appeal dismissed