JM v Secretary of State for the Home Department

JM v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Section 84(1)(g) of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 allows the Tribunal to consider human rights claims on an appeal against refusal to vary leave, even where removal is not imminent; the contrary construction adopted by the Tribunal was erroneous.

Parties
Claimant/appellant: JM; Defendant/respondent: Secretary of State for the Home Department
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Judgment Date
04 October 2006
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Cross Appeal on Human Rights Issue
Outcome
cross-appeal allowed
Legal Topics
Appeals Against Refusal to Vary Leave, Justiciability of Human Rights Claims, Statutory Interpretation, ECHR Article 8, Immigration Appeals Procedure

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Parties

JM

Claimant/appellant

Secretary of State for the Home Department

Defendant/respondent

Procedural Posture

Civil Appeal / Cross Appeal on Human Rights Issue

  1. 1 Whether a human rights claim is justiciable before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal on an appeal against refusal to vary leave, in the absence of imminent removal
  2. 2 Proper construction of section 84(1)(g) of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002

Ratio Decidendi

Section 84(1)(g) of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 allows the Tribunal to consider human rights claims on an appeal against refusal to vary leave, even where removal is not imminent; the contrary construction adopted by the Tribunal was erroneous.

Court Disposition

cross-appeal allowed

Orders

  • Cross-appeal of the Secretary of State allowed
  • Appeal adjourned