February 1, 2025

Cross-jurisdictional materials

Immigration and Asylum Chamber (First-tier Tribunal)Immigration and Asylum Chamber (Upper Tribunal)Tribunals Practice Guidance

Please find below the cross-jurisdictional materials for Judges and members of the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber and Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber.

1. Artificial Intelligence (AI) – Judicial Guidance (14 April 2025, Lady Chief Justice, Master of the Rolls, Senior President of Tribunals and Deputy Head of Civil Justice). This replaces the guidance document issued in December 2023.

2. Protocol on communications between judges of the Family Court and Immigration and Asylum Chambers of the First-tier and Upper Tribunals (PDF) (19 July 2013, President of the Family Division and Senior President of Tribunals)

3. Guidance on appeals: concurrent applications under the Hague Convention for the return of a child who is an appellant in or a family member of an appellant in a protection appeal (PDF) (9 March 2023, Senior President of Tribunals)

4. Practice Guidance: Case Management and Mediation of International Child Abduction Proceedings (PDF) (1 March 2023, President of the Family Division)

5. Practice Statement: Authorisation of staff to exercise judicial functions and delegation of authorisation function (PDF) (6 April 2020, Senior President of Tribunals