Ocampo v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source:

United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
Date:
5 October 2006

In this section

Appeal dismissed.

Title

Ocampo v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source

United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

Date

5 October 2006

Document number

[2006] EWCA Civ 1276

Document type

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Colombia

Keywords

Appeal / Right to appeal

Criminal justice

Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports)

Non-state agents of persecution

Persecution based on political opinion

Persecution of family members

Comments:

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (CC/17533/00). The Court of Appeal held that the guidelines in Devaseelan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 00702 were relevant to cases where the parties involved were not the same but there was a material overlap of evidence.

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