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ON APPEAL FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
KING’S BENCH DIVISION
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
Mr Justice Sheldon
AC-2025-LON-003132
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
Before:
LORD JUSTICE ARNOLD
LORD JUSTICE LEWIS
and
LADY JUSTICE ELISABETH LAING
Between:
THE KING (on the application of CTK) | Claimant/ Respondent |
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SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT | Defendant/ Appellant |
Kate Grange KC, Edward Brown KC, Sian Reeves and Naomi Hart (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Appellant
Sonali Naik KC, Nicola Braganza KC,Gordon Lee, Ali Bandegani, Emma Fitzsimons and Georgina Rea (instructed by Duncan Lewis Solicitors Ltd) for the Respondent
Hearing date: 23 September 2025
Approved Judgment
This judgment was handed down remotely at 10.30 am on 9 October 2025 by circulation to the parties or their representatives by e-mail and by release to the National Archives.
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- Lord Justice Arnold, Lord Justice Lewis and Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing
- The facts
- The Competent Authority’s decision
- CTK’s challenge to his removal
- The hearing and the judgment
- The grounds of appeal
- The legal background
- The relevant domestic provisions about trafficking
- The two treaties
- Introduction to our consideration of the grounds of appeal
- Discussion
- The grounds of appeal
- Ground 2
- Ground 3
- Ground 4
- Is there another compelling reason for giving permission to appeal?
- Conclusions
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