Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
Document source:

United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales)
Date:
9 April 2008

In this section

Appeal allowed.

Author

England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division)

Title

Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Document source

United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales)

Date

9 April 2008

Document number

[2008] EWCA Civ 290

Document type

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Jordan

Keywords

Deportation / Forcible return

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

Extradition

Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

Independence of judiciary

Prosecution vs persecution

Right to justice

Terrorism

Comments:

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission: Omar Othman (aka Abu Qatada) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/15/2005). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: RB (Algeria) (FC) and Another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; OO (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10.

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