W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted March 12th, 2012 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, immigration, law reports, news, witnesses by sally

W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8; [2012] WLR (D) 69

“The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) could make an irrevocable non-disclosure order, without notice to the Secretary of State, where a witness, fearing reprisals, required an absolute and irreversible guarantee of confidentiality as a precondition to giving evidence relating to an appellant’s safety on return.”

WLR Daily, 7th March 2012

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