Queen on the Application of N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author: High Court (Queen's Bench Division)
Document source:

United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales)
Date:
14 February 2003

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Author

High Court (Queen's Bench Division)

Title

Queen on the Application of N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source

United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales)

Date

14 February 2003

Document number

[2003] EWHC 207 (Admin)

Document type

Additional document information

CO/54/02

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Libya

Comments:

Attached is a rulling which may be of interest to you. It concerns a Libyan asylum-seeker who was awarded refugee status more than two years after having requested it. The delay was due to incompetence and mistakes made by the British Ministry of Interior (Home Office). He has been given leave to file a claim for damages and intends to ask for £30,000. Given the implications of this High Court ruling for numerous other asylum-seekers in similiar situations, the Home Office has lodged an appeal.

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