The court asked as to the effect of an oral announcement of a ‘decision’ by an Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, and if an oral announcement is made that an appeal ‘is allowed’ or is ‘to be allowed’, what is the effect of a subsequent written determination to the effect that an error of law has been made but that a further reconsideration is required to dispose of the appeal?
Held: Though the AIT might give an oral announcement at the conclusion of a hearing, only the written determination constituted the decision. If an oral pronouncement was inconsistent with a subsequent written determination, there should be another hearing.
Sir Anthony Clarke, Master of the Rolls, Lord Justice Longmore and Lord Justice Lawrence Collins
[2008] EWCA Civ 495, Times 27-May-2008
Bailii
England and Wales
Immigration
Updated: 30 December 2021; Ref: scu.267692