It was not proper for counsel to raise at an appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, a point which had not been argued at the appeal tribunal with a suggestion that the case be remitted to the tribunal for a re-hearing. The argument that the applicant properly feared prosecution rather than persecution had not been developed, and it was not for the Appeal Tribunal itself to address a point which had not been raised before it.
Citations:
Times 29-Jun-2000
Statutes:
Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 9
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 11 May 2022; Ref: scu.89462