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UK - Court of Appeal, 10 October 2006, SA (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1302
Country of applicant: Somalia
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports
This case concerned expert medical evidence relied on in support of an asylum application. The case confirmed that Experts documenting torture should follow the Istanbul Protocol and in particular Chapter V. It was also confirmed that all evidence, including medical evidence, had to be considered before findings of credibility or fact could be made.
Date of decision: 10-10-2006
Sweden – Migration Court of Appeal, 18 September 2006, UM 122-06
Country of applicant: Egypt
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Benefit of doubt, Burden of proof, Credibility assessment, Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Political Opinion

The UNHCR Handbook is an important source of law concerning the procedure to determine protection needs. The Migration Court is responsible for ensuring that a case is sufficiently investigated by holding an oral hearing or otherwise investigating the ambiguities of the case, when an asylum seeker who has been rejected because of credibility grounds has submitted relevant documents that are deemed to be genuine by a Swedish embassy.

Date of decision: 18-09-2006
ECtHR - Said v. the Netherlands, Application no. 2345/02, 5 July 2005
Country of applicant: Eritrea
Keywords: Accelerated procedure, Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Safe country of origin, Protection, Well-founded fear, Refugee Status, Country of origin, Real risk

The European Court of Human Rights held that the expulsion of an Eritrean deserter to Eritrea would give rise to a violation of Article 3 of the Convention.

Date of decision: 05-07-2005
UK - Asylum & Immigration Tribunal, 5 July 2005, SM (Section 8: Judge’s Process) Iran [2005] UKAIT 116
Country of applicant: Iran
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Individual assessment, Relevant Facts
UK Legislation, which required a court to treat evidence in a particular way was not intended to affect the general process of deriving facts from evidence and in particular the principles that all evidence had to be evaluated in the round.
Date of decision: 05-07-2005
UK - Immigration Appeal Tribunal, 16 December 2004, HE (DRC - credibility and psychiatric reports) DRC [2004] UKIAT 00321
Country of applicant: Congo (DRC)
Keywords: Assessment of facts and circumstances, Credibility assessment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports
The court identified the limitation of psychiatric evidence when adduced as corroboration of past facts. 
Date of decision: 16-12-2004
ECtHR - T.I. v. The United Kingdom, Application No. 43844/98, Decision as to the Admissibility, 7 March 2000
Country of applicant: Sri Lanka
Keywords: Credibility assessment, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Manifestly unfounded application, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Personal circumstances of applicant, Procedural guarantees, Protection, Torture, Refugee Status, Membership of a particular social group, Real risk

The case involved a Sri Lankan asylum seeker whose application was rejected in Germany, and upon seeking asylum in the UK, was rejected on the basis of the Dublin Convention and that his application corresponded to Germany. The Court found no breach of a Convention obligation from the UK by its decision to remove him to Germany.               

Date of decision: 07-03-2000