8 September Case Updates KS v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Appeal Number: PA/64221/2024 Immigration and asylum, 07. Receiving Instructions, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing, 08. Working with Instructing Parties The Appellant, a citizen of Tajikistan, was appealing the Respondent’s decision to refuse his protection claim. The Judge gained the distinct impression that the Appellant’s expert witness was simply advocating on behalf of the Appellant, rather than assisting the Tribunal by providing a critical, objective expert opinion on the context. In doing so, he trespassed into the role reserved for the Tribunal.
30 July Case Updates JJMC v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] UKAITUR UI2022005862 Immigration and asylum, 01. Starting your Expert Witness Business, CV, 06. Rules and Regulations, 11. Report Writing In this appeal of an asylum decision, the court was unable to discern sustainable and tolerably clear reasons as to why the judge rejected the expertise of the expert witness and his expert opinion provided in his report.
8 August Case Updates JAI v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKAITUR PA037092020 Medical records, Immigration and asylum, 11. Report Writing “The importance of the medical records”
22 November Case Updates AI v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKAITUR PA020572020 Vulnerability, Immigration and asylum, 10. Records Assessments and Site Visits, 11. Report Writing Relevance: Psychiatry Psychology