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Cite as: [2002] EWCA Civ 1585

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Neutral Citation Number: [2002] EWCA Civ 1585
C/2002/1171

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION)
APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO APPEAL
AND AN EXTENSION OF TIME

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London, WC2
Thursday, 10 October 2002

B e f o r e :

LORD JUSTICE KENNEDY
LORD JUSTICE KEENE

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ATUGONZA Applicant
-v-
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT Respondent

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MR R TOAL (instructed by Refugee Legal Centre, London) appeared on behalf of the Applicant
The respondent was not represented and did not attend

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  1. LORD JUSTICE KEENE: Since the court is proposing to give permission to appeal in this case, I do not intend to give a lengthy judgment, merely to give the basis on which we have come to the conclusion that this appeal is properly arguable.
  2. It seems to me that the grounds raised in the appellant's notice are ones that put forward matters which require the attention of the full court. In particular, it is properly arguable that the appeal tribunal here did not grapple properly with the issue on which leave to appeal had been granted, namely whether the adjudicator could properly find on the evidence that there was an absence of a real risk of persecution on return. The point is made in the appellant's notice that the Immigration Appeal Tribunal seek to deal with that in a matter of two or three sentences and, effectively, fail to give any rational explanation for rejecting that ground.
  3. On that footing I am prepared to grant permission to appeal in this case.
  4. LORD JUSTICE KENNEDY: I agree.
  5. Order: Application granted


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