AZ (Syria) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: CA 27 Jan 2017

AZ, a refugee, had been refused general travel document for reasons of national security. The Court as now asked whether he was entitled to be told of the concerns in advance of defendant’s decision.
Burnett LJ referred to a ‘sliding scale for the purposes of disclosure.’

Judges:

Jackson, Underhill, Burnett LJJ

Citations:

[2017] EWCA Civ 35, [2017] 4 WLR 94, [2017] WLR(D) 48

Links:

Bailii, WLRD

Statutes:

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union 41 47

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedReprieve and Others, Regina (on The Application of) v The Prime Minister Admn 30-Jun-2020
Standing may not be enough for JR
The claimants sought judicial review of the defendant’s decision that it was no longer necessary to establish a public inquiry to investigate allegations of involvement of the United Kingdom intelligence services in torture, mistreatment and . .
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Immigration, Human Rights, European

Updated: 07 December 2022; Ref: scu.573603