A Special Adjudicator is not limited to checking whether the Secretary of State has some material on which he might give such a certificate. He must make an independent judgment and consider de novo whether he is satisfied that the country was a safe country: ‘the discipline which this system imposes upon the Secretary of State consists in the fact that the Adjudicator must independently judge the merits of the certificate.’
Judges:
Laws J
Citations:
[1994] QB 474
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Secretary of State for the Home Department Ex Parte Abdi, Same v Same, Ex Parte Gawe HL 15-Feb-1996
Two Somali nationals were refused asylum and sought to challenge a decision rejecting their claim that to be sent to Spain would be contrary to the United Kingdom’s obligations under the Geneva Convention of 1951.
Held: Adjudicators are . .
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Immigration
Updated: 21 July 2022; Ref: scu.219245