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The Tribunal allowed the asylum appeal, finding the appellant’s family had repeatedly located her in Nigeria, so internal relocation was not a safe or reasonable option.
The Tribunal dismissed an asylum and humanitarian protection appeal from Ghana, rejecting claims of forced marriage-related risk, FGM risk and insufficient protection.
Kaky, Re [2026] EWHC 649 (SCCO) (18 March 2026)
The Senior Courts Costs Office held that conspiracy to commit female genital mutilation abroad is band 2.1, allowing the appeal on legal aid fee banding.
The applicants failed to prove, on the balance of probabilities, that there is a real risk of FGM to C. The evidence was vague, inconsistent, and not supported by medical or Home Office records. The parents are protective and able to safeguard C, and there is no need for a protective order.
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C, Re [2025] EWFC 300 (B) (10 July 2025)
The Family Court declined to make a final FGM protection order for an infant girl, finding the evidence of a real risk of FGM was not established.
The Court of Appeal upheld Amina Noor’s 7-year sentence for assisting female genital mutilation abroad, finding the sentence was not manifestly excessive.
Noor, R. v [2024] EWCA Crim 714 (04 July 2024)
The Court of Appeal upheld a 7-year sentence for assisting FGM abroad, rejecting challenges to the judge’s findings, guideline choice, mitigation, and delay.
Fact-finding judgment in a family case about alleged domestic abuse, forced marriage and FGM risks within a sect. The court made abuse findings against the father but not current sect-influence findings.
M v M (Refusal of FGM Order) [2020] EWHC 1117 (Fam) (28 February 2020)
The High Court dismissed an application for a female genital mutilation protection order, finding no evidence of a present risk to the children in England.
The High Court refused an FGM protection order because there was no evidence of a current risk to the children in England, and no basis to adjourn.
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