United Kingdom Immigration and Asylum (AIT/IAC) Unreported Judgments

THE IMMIGRATION ACTS

Decision & Reasons Issued:

On the 17 July 2023

Before

UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE MACLEMAN

Between

C D

(anonymity order made)

Appellant

and

S S H D

Respondent

Decided without a hearing on the 14 July 2023

DECISION AND REASONS

1.              In the FtT, Judge Thapar dismissed this appeal, and Judge Singer granted permission to appeal to the UT. In response, the SSHD correctly concedes that the FtT failed to treat the appellant as a vulnerable witness in line with Presidential Guidance.

2.              The decision of the FtT is set aside. It stands only as a record of what took place at the hearing. The case is remitted to the FtT for fresh hearing, not before Judge Thapar.

3.              Pur suant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, the appellant is granted anonymity.

4.              No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the appellant, likely to lead members of the public to identify her. Failure to comply with this order could amount to a contempt of court.

14 July 2023

Hugh Macleman

Judge of the Upper Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber