Another week, another seminal case. In Pretty v UK (2002) 35 EHRR 1, it was held , for the first time, I might add, that Article 3 ‘treatment’ can include mental suffering (at para 54). For more information on the Pretty case, please read it in full here: https://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/2002/427.html
Tag: Article 3
AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17
Another day, another Home Office immigration decision... In this case, Lord Wilson gave a landmark judgment which changed the law, expanding the circumstances in which a person may resist being removed or deported from the UK on medical grounds. The appellant is a 33-year old man from Zimbabwe who has resided in the UK since … Continue reading AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17
AM (Zimbabwe) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018]
Court of Appeal considers the operation of Article 3 in relation to the removal of foreign nationals from the UK where they are suffering from serious illnesses in light of the ECtHR's judgment in Paposhvili v Belgium. Citattion: AM (Zimbabwe) & Anor v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 64