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Immigration – Deportation. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the Secretary of State's appeal against early revocation of a deportation order that had been made against the respondent foreign national. The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) had been aware of, and had taken into account, all of the relevant aspects of the public interest in the deportation of foreign offenders and, on the evidence that had been before it, had reached a conclusion that had been open to it, namely that there were 'exceptional' circumstances.
Immigration – Deportation. The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed the Secretary of State's appeal against early revocation of a deportation order that had been made against the respondent foreign national. The Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) had been aware of, and had taken into account, all of the relevant aspects of the public interest in the deportation of foreign offenders and, on the evidence that had been before it, had reached a conclusion that had been open to it, namely that there were 'exceptional' circumstances.
Chair of the Bar reports back
Marie Law, Director of Toxicology at AlphaBiolabs
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