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AA (Nigeria) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant)
Case summary
Case ID
UKSC/2020/0203
Parties
Appellant(s)
Secretary of State for the Home Department
Respondent(s)
AA
Issue
(i) What is the correct approach to the test for whether “the effect of [a foreign criminal]'s deportation on [their] partner or child would be unduly harsh” within the meaning of section 117C(5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002; (ii) What is the correct approach to the test for whether there are “very compelling circumstances” for not deporting a foreign criminal who had been sentenced to imprisonment for more than four years, under section 117C(6) of the same Act, and (iii) What is the relevance, if any, of evidence in relation to the foreign criminal’s rehabilitation and how much weight should tribunals accord to such evidence in the context of the above tests, in light of conflicting approaches being endorsed by the Court of Appeal in Binbuga v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 551 and HA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1176?
Facts
AA was a 32-year-old citizen of Nigeria with no right to remain in the United Kingdom. In 2013 he was convicted of conspiracy to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 4½ years’ imprisonment. Following his release the Secretary of State made a deportation order on the ground that he was a foreign criminal. AA sought to challenge that order by relying on his right to private life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights and on the rights to family life of his partner and children. The First-tier Tribunal allowed his appeal on the grounds that his deportation would disproportionately interfere with the rights of his partner and two children under article 8. The Upper Tribunal set aside the First-tier Tribunal’s decision and directed that the appeal be re-heard. Following the re-hearing the Upper Tribunal dismissed AA’s appeal against the deportation order. On AA’s further appeal the Court of Appeal reinstated the First-tier Tribunal’s decision. The Secretary of State now appeals to the Supreme Court.
Date of issue
13 November 2020
Judgment appealed
Judgment details
Judgment date
20 July 2022
Neutral citation
[2022] UKSC 22
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Judgment summary
20 July 2022
Appeal
Justices
Hearing dates
Full hearing
Start date
17 May 2022
End date
18 May 2022
Watch hearings
17 May 2022 - Morning session
17 May 2022 - Afternoon session
18 May 2022 - Morning session
18 May 2022 - Afternoon session
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