The Appellant was represented by Edward Grieves KC, Helen Foot and Maha Sardar of the Garden Court Chambers Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) Team, instructed by Dr. Connie Sozi of Deighton Pierce Glynn.
SIAC allowed the application by the Appellant, F3, to extend time under Rule 8(5) SIAC Procedure Rules when an Applicant must demonstrate that, due to special circumstances, it would be unjust not to extend time to appeal.
SIAC concluded that F3’s poor health and the “appalling” and “oppressive” detention conditions, where there are “severe restrictions on contact with the outside world” and “every day…presents a struggle for survival”, amounted to special circumstances.
Read the judgment here (SC/192/2022).
About the SIAC Team
Since 1997, Garden Court’s specialist team has been at the forefront of the ever-developing complex case law in SIAC and are experts in every aspect of appeals against Deprivation of Citizenship, Refusal of Entry Clearance, Human Rights Appeals, Exclusion from the UK, Refusal of Citizenship (Naturalisation) and Deportation, Exclusion from Refugee Convention and Bail.
SIAC is a dedicated Closed Material Procedure (CMP) environment which deals with immigration and citizenship appeals where the Home Secretary wishes to withhold material from the Appellant for national security or other public interest reasons.
