A report for a first appeal, a fresh claim or a certification challenge each has a different job. The pages below explain what the report should focus on at each stage, from First-tier and Upper Tribunal appeals to Tamil claims under KK [2021], Bangladeshi and Indian claims, and removal cases.
First-tier Tribunal Appeals
A report for a First-tier Tribunal appeal is built around the refusal letter. It takes each country-related reason the decision-maker gave, ...
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At the Upper Tribunal the report is usually needed once an error of law has been found and the appeal is to be remade, or where updated evid...
Read this pageSri Lankan Tamil Claims
Every Sri Lankan Tamil report is organised around KK and Others (Sri Lanka: Tamil) CG [2021] UKUT 00245. The report identifies which of the ...
Read this pageBangladeshi Political Claims
Bangladeshi political reports are written for the situation after August 2024, when the Awami League government fell. Many existing claims w...
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Indian minority reports cover Muslim appellants facing Hindutva and RSS-linked violence, Sikh appellants with perceived Khalistan links, Chr...
Read this pageDeportation & Return Cases
In deportation and removal cases the report concentrates on what would happen after return: how the person would be received, whether their ...
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A fresh claim report has a narrow job: to show what is new. It identifies the date of the last decision, sets out what the country evidence ...
Read this pageCertification Challenges
When a claim is certified as clearly unfounded under section 94 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002, the in-country right of...
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