UI-2025-005203

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IN THE UPPER TRIBUNAL
IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM CHAMBER Case No: UI-2025-005203
First-tier Tribunal Nos: PA/64610/2023
LP/08971/2024

THE IMMIGRATION ACTS

Decision & Reasons Issued:
On 10th March 2026


Before

DEPUTY UPPER TRIBUNAL JUDGE SAINI

Between

AS
(ANONYMITY ORDER maintained)
Appellant
and

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
Respondent


Representation:
For the Appellant: Ms S Kalyan, Counsel; Migrant Legal Project
For the Respondent: Mr P Lawson, Senior Home Office Presenting Officer


Heard at Field House on 25th February 2026


­Order Regarding Anonymity

Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, the Appellant and/or any member of their family are granted anonymity. No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the Appellant, likely to lead members of the public to identify the Appellant and/or their family. Failure to comply with this order could amount to a contempt of court.


DECISION BY CONSENT AND DIRECTIONS

1. Pursuant to Rule 39 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 and by the consent of the parties the following order is made.
2. Upon the parties’ agreement that the decision of the First-tier Tribunal promulgated on 26th May 2025 discloses material errors of law, it is hereby ordered by consent as follows:
(1) The parties agree that the First-tier Tribunal Judge committed errors of law in the manner described in the Grounds of Appeal. Those grounds may be summarised as follows:
Ground 1: Mischaracterisation and Misuse of Expert Evidence
Ground 2: Improper Adverse Credibility Findings Based On Cultural Assumptions
Ground 3: Unfair Adverse Inference from Lack of Social Media Evidence
(2) As a consequence of the above agreed errors, which I also approve, the decision is hereby set aside in its entirety and thus requires re-making, de novo.
Directions
3. I make the following directions for the continuation of this appeal:
(1) As the parties agree that IAC Birmingham is the closest court to the Appellant’s current address in Swindon, the appeal is to be remitted to be heard there rather than the previous venue of IAC Newport.
(2) The appeal is to be remitted to be heard by any Judge of the First-tier Tribunal other than Judge Lester.

P. Saini

Deputy Judge of the Upper Tribunal
Immigration and Asylum Chamber


3 March 2026