The appellant is a national of Pakistan and previously lived in the Sheika Bur Luv-e Darya village in the Jhelum district of the Punjab. He first entered the United Kingdom with valid leave to enter as a student but subsequently overstayed. He eventually made a claim for asylum and relied on three grounds for doing … Continue reading IM (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 626
Month: June 2019
OA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018]
The Claimant, a Nigerian national, challenges a decision of the Secretary of State for the Home Department following his solicitor's request for reconsideration of a negative Reasonable Grounds Decision made under the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for identifying victims of modern slavery (this includes human trafficking, slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour). The Claimant's … Continue reading OA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018]
MK v R [2018]
The common issue raised in both these appeals is whether the legal (or persuasive) burden of proof rests on the defendant when a defence is raised under section 45 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, or whether the defendant bears only an evidential burden with the prosecution having to disprove to the criminal standard one … Continue reading MK v R [2018]
Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan (Decision) (App no. 40167/06)
Human rights – Private life – inability to return to the village where one was born and spent much of one’s life affected private life - cultural and religious attachment to the graves of late relatives might also fall within the notion of private and family life Citation: Sargsyan v. Azerbaijan (Decision) (App no. 40167/06)
