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Administrative-law [2026] SCDUN 5

Kingsley Aigbe against Scottish Social Services Council (Sheriff Court Civil)

Kingsley Aigbe against Scottish Social Services Council (Sheriff Court Civil) [2026] SCDUN 5 (17 October 2025)

Sheriff Niven-Smith refused an appeal against a fitness-to-practise removal order, holding the panel was entitled to accept corroborated parts of a witness’s evidence.

  • Fitness-to-practice
  • Evidentiary-assessment
  • Burden-of-proof
  • Sanctions-in-professional-regulation
  • Professional-regulation
  • Appellate-review
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Immigration [2023] ScotCS CSOH_23

AK AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

AK AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [2023] ScotCS CSOH_23 (31 March 2023)

The Court of Session reduced an Upper Tribunal refusal after holding that a First-tier Tribunal arguably failed to address expert evidence central to an Algerian asylum claim.

  • Judicial-review
  • Asylum-claims
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Expert-evidence
  • Material-error-of-law
  • Asylum
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Medical-regulation [2023] ScotCS CSIH_13

DR MINA MOHIUL MAQSUD-CHOWDHURY AGAINST THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL

DR MINA MOHIUL MAQSUD-CHOWDHURY AGAINST THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL [2023] ScotCS CSIH_13 (14 March 2023)

The Inner House refused an appeal by a doctor erased from the medical register, holding that a later autism diagnosis was not fresh evidence material enough to reopen the Tribunal’s factual findings.

  • Fitness-to-practise
  • Fresh-evidence
  • Autism-spectrum-disorder
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Sanction
  • Res-noviter-veniens-ad-notitiam
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Immigration [2023] ScotCS CSOH_5

AC FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

AC FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2023] ScotCS CSOH_5 (02 February 2023)

The Court of Session refused judicial review of the Upper Tribunal’s refusal of permission to appeal in an asylum case involving a Moroccan petitioner.

  • Asylum-claims
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Permission-to-appeal
  • Police-protection
  • Internal-relocation
  • Expert-evidence
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Immigration-law [2022] ScotCS CSOH_72

KTT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE UPPER TRIBUNAL

KTT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF A DECISION OF THE UPPER TRIBUNAL [2022] ScotCS CSOH_72 (04 October 2022)

The Court of Session held that the Upper Tribunal may have erred in refusing permission to appeal in an asylum case, and reduced that refusal.

  • Judicial-review-of-tribunal-decisions
  • Assessment-of-credibility-in-asylum-claims
  • Verification-of-documentary-evidence
  • Holistic-evidence-assessment
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Asylum-claims
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Immigration-law [2022] ScotCS CSIH_27

MA AGAINST THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

MA AGAINST THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [2022] ScotCS CSIH_27 (09 June 2022)

The Inner House refused an asylum appellant’s judicial review appeal, holding there was no procedural unfairness where he was not cross-examined on inconsistencies.

  • Asylum
  • Procedural-fairness
  • Judicial-review
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Immigration-law
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Immigration-law [2022] ScotCS CSOH_32

FAZAL AHAD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

FAZAL AHAD FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2022] ScotCS CSOH_32 (08 April 2022)

Judicial review of a refusal of permission to appeal and removal directions failed. The court held there was no arguable legal error and no duty to give further reasons for removal to Pakistan.

  • Asylum
  • Subsidiary-protection
  • Humanitarian-protection
  • Judicial-review
  • Removal-directions
  • Credibility-assessment
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Immigration-law [2022] ScotCS CSIH_14

WALEED IL SHITANI (AP) AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

WALEED IL SHITANI (AP) AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [2022] ScotCS CSIH_14 (09 March 2022)

The Inner House refused an asylum appellant’s challenge to the Upper Tribunal’s refusal of permission to appeal, finding no arguable error of law or real prospect of success.

  • Asylum
  • Judicial-review
  • Permission-to-appeal
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Adjournment
  • Fresh-claim
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Immigration-law [2021] ScotCS CSIH_51

APPEAL BY BFH AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW

APPEAL BY BFH AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2021] ScotCS CSIH_51 (05 October 2021)

The Inner House refused BFH’s appeal, holding that no error of law was shown in the Upper Tribunal’s refusal of permission to appeal in an asylum judicial review.

  • Second-appeals-test
  • Error-of-law
  • Credibility-assessment
  • Asylum-refusal
  • Permission-to-proceed
  • Honour-killing-risk
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Immigration-law [2021] ScotCS CSIH_43

PETITION BY HMH AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

PETITION BY HMH AGAINST SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT [2021] ScotCS CSIH_43 (10 August 2021)

The Inner House refused an appeal in an asylum judicial review, holding that the tribunal's adverse credibility findings were open to it and no error of law was shown.

  • Credibility-assessment-in-asylum-claims
  • Country-guidance-application
  • Permission-to-appeal
  • Error-of-law
  • Internal-relocation
  • Echr-protection
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