Secretary of State for the Home Department (claimant/appellant) v The First-tier Tribunal (Asylum Support) (defendant/respondent)
Tuesday 18 November 2025
The Secretary of State appeals the order of Chamberlain J, sitting in the Administrative Court, dated 21 March 2025 by which he dismissed its claim for judicial review of a decision of the First-tier Tribunal – Asylum Support handed down on 14 June 2024. She determined appeals under s. 103(2) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (“IAA 1999”) by two individuals, MAH and GK, against decisions to stop providing asylum support and an appeal under s. 103(1) by a third individual, LKL, against a decision to refuse asylum support. The appeals had been linked and heard together as designated lead cases.
The Secretary of State’s claim was that the Tribunal did not have jurisdiction to entertain the appeals.
Chamberlain dismissed the judicial review claim finding that the (a) the Tribunal had jurisdiction to entertain LKL’s appeal.
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