An Afghani wife from Pakistan has won the right to join her refugee husband in the UK because refusal by the Appeal Immigration Tribunal violated her Art 8 rights.
Tribunals dealt with almost 20,000 claims more than in 2007–08 despite an increased workload, according to the Tribunals Service Annual Report and Accounts published last week.
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R (on the application of H) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 2174 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 68 (Sep)
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