B, an homosexual immigrant for Jamaica, resisted his return, saying that he would be prosecuted. The Secretary of State now appealed against a finding that his inclusion of Jamaica within the statutory list of safe countries for return was not rational.
Held: The appeal failed. Homosexual, bisexual and transsexual people in Jamaica were at risk of persecution for their sexual orientation, and the Home Secretary had acted unlawfully in designating Jamaica, as a state where there was ‘in general no serious risk of persecution of persons entitled to reside’ there.
Lady Hale, Deputy President, Lord Sumption, Lord Carnwath, Lord Hughes, Lord Toulson
[2015] UKSC 8, [2015] Imm AR 837, [2015] 3 All ER 317, [2015] WLR(D) 101, [2015] INLR 493, [2015] 1 WLR 1060, UKSC 2013/0162
Bailii, WLRD, Bailii Summary, SC, SC Summary
Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 94(5)
England and Wales
Citing:
Cited – Secretary of State for the Home Department v Asif Javed and Zuifiqar Ali and Abid Ali CA 17-May-2001
A designation of Pakistan as a safe place for the return of a failed asylum applicant was unlawful because there was plain evidence that persecution of women who left the marital home, whether voluntarily or by compulsion, was widespread. . .
At First Instance – Brown, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Home Department Admn 28-May-2012
The claimant, a citizen of Jamaica, came to the UK in 2010 on a visitor’s visa with leave to remain for one month. He then applied for asylum on the ground that he is a Jamaican homosexual and feared persecution if returned to Jamaica. He was . .
Appeal from – JB (Jamaica), Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department CA 12-Jun-2013
The claimant was to be removed and returned to Jamaica, but claimed that as a homosexual he would be persecuted. He now challenged the inclusion of Jamaica within the last of safe countries.
Held: (Moore-Bick LJ dissenting) The appeal . .
Cited – JB (Jamaica), Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department CA 12-Jun-2013
The claimant was to be removed and returned to Jamaica, but claimed that as a homosexual he would be persecuted. He now challenged the inclusion of Jamaica within the last of safe countries.
Held: (Moore-Bick LJ dissenting) The appeal . .
Cited – Regina (Husan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department QBD 24-Feb-2005
The applicant sought asylum from Bangladesh. His application was refused, and the respondent issued a certificate to say that his claim was hopeless. He sought judicial review.
Held: There was so much evidence that Bangladesh suffered . .
Cited – Boss Holdings Ltd v Grosvenor West End Properties and others HL 30-Jan-2008
The tenant sought to enfranchise the property under the 1967 Act. The freeholders replied that it was not a ‘house’ within the Act at the time of the notice. It had been built in the eighteenth century as a house, but the lower floors had been . .
Cited – HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; HT (Cameroon) v Same CA 10-Mar-2009
Each applicant had had his appeal for asylum rejected. They had said that they were practising homosexuals, and that they would face persecution if returned home.
Held: The appeals failed. In each case the social norms of the country of origin . .
Cited – HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for The Home Department; HT (Cameroon) v Same SC 7-Jul-2010
The claimants sought to prevent their removal and return to their countries of origin saying that as practising homosexuals they would face discrimination and persecution. They appealed against a judgment saying that they could avoid persecution by . .
Cited – MD (Gambia), Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department CA 17-Feb-2011
The appellant, a Gambian national sought review of two decisions of the Secretary of State as to first her decision to designate as safe, Gambia, in respect of men only, in the list of countries in section 94(4) of the 2002 Act, and second as to her . .
Cited – Brown, Regina v (Northern Ireland) SC 26-Jun-2013
The complainaint, a 13 year old girl had first said that the defendant had had intercourse with her againt her consent. After his arrest, she accepted that this was untrue. On being recharged with unlawful intercourse, he admitted guilt believing he . .
Cited by:
Cited – Privacy International, Regina (on The Application of) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and Others SC 15-May-2019
The Court was asked whether the actions of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal were amenable to judicial review: ‘what if any material difference to the court’s approach is made by any differences in context or wording, and more particularly the . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Immigration
Updated: 28 December 2021; Ref: scu.543800