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Sambasivam v Secretary of State for the Home Department: CA 10 Nov 1999

Where an Immigration Appeal Tribunal heard a case and the judgment would depend upon an assessment of the applicant as to his credibility, a delay of three months between the hearing and the delivery of the judgment was too long. The impression made by the characters involved would have faded, and such a finding could not be supported, and the case merited a rehearing.

Citations:

Times 10-Nov-1999, [2000] Imm AR 85, [2000] IMLR 105

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedSS (Sri Lanka), Regina (on The Application of) v The Secretary of State for The Home Department CA 15-Jun-2018
The court was asked whether, in cases heard by the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) where the credibility of the appellant is in issue, there is a rule that a delay of more than three months between the hearing of oral evidence . .
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Immigration

Updated: 24 November 2022; Ref: scu.88991

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