Category Archives: Rwanda

Upper Tribunal refuses costs because proceedings only existed “in the realm of politics and not in the realm of law”  

IX, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Judicial Review; costs) [2025] UKUT 154 (IAC) (23 April 2025) The Upper Tribunal (Swift J, UTJ Smith) has reiterated that the general rule (Civil procedure Rules … Continue reading →

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Obligation of civil servants under the Civil Service Code not breached by defunct ministerial Rwanda removal decisions 

FDA, R (On the Application Of) v Minister for the Cabinet Office & Anor [2024] EWHC 1729 (Admin) (05 July 2024) Rwanda removals were the Conservative party’s vanity project which cost the UK taxpayer £700 million. Everything was wrong with … Continue reading →

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Rwanda removals 

Last November in R (AAA (Syria) & Ors) v SSHD [2023] UKSC 42 the Supreme Court held that the government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful and unanimously dismissed the SSHD’s appeal. The new policy aimed to “stop the boats” and the SSHD … Continue reading →

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SSHD’s Rwanda policy appeal dismissed by Supreme Court

R (on the application of AAA (Syria) & Ors) v SSHD [2023] UKSC 42 (15 November 2023) In this judgment, unanimously dismissing the SSHD’s appeal, the Supreme Court agreed with the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the Rwanda policy is … Continue reading →

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Policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful 

AAA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rwanda) [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin) (19 December 2022) The High Court has held that the SSHD’s policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their asylum claims determined there rather … Continue reading →

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