Overview
- The Upper Tribunal quashed a First-tier Tribunal ruling and directed a fresh hearing with no findings preserved.
- The anonymised claimant, questioned over the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, remains in the UK as the case returns to the First-tier Tribunal.
- Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge Claire Burns cited mistakes including contradictory findings about an arrest warrant and failure to weigh a Sri Lankan lawyer’s evidence.
- The Home Office refused the man’s asylum claim in April 2024 and his initial appeal was dismissed in March 2025 before the Upper Tribunal intervened.
- The 2019 bombings killed 269 people in coordinated attacks on churches and hotels, were linked to ISIS, and included foreign nationals among the victims.