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Others v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2002] EWCA Civ 539
Key Principle
In asylum appeals, factual determinations by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal in a group of linked 'country guidance' cases should be treated as authoritative on the relevant country conditions and applied for consistency in later like cases, and expert opinion evidence is often of central importance in assessing the risk of persecution.
Area of Law
General
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