UI2022005451

Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008, [the appellant] ( and/or any member of his family, expert, witness or other person the Tribunal considers should not be identified ) is granted anonymity.

No-one shall publish or reveal any information, including the name or address of the appellant, likely to lead members of the public to identify the appellant ( and/or other person ). Failure to comply with this order could amount to a contempt of court .

              This is an appeal by a citizen of Sri Lanka against a decision of the First-tier Tribunal dismissing his appeal against a decision of the respondent by refusing him international protection and leave to remain on human rights grounds. The decision complained of was made on 5 January 2022.

              Permission to appeal was given by the First-tier Tribunal. It was particularly considered arguable that the judge had considered scarring evidence improperly by not having adequate regard for the Istanbul Protocol. It was said that it was:

"... arguable that the judge failed to have regard to the overall evaluation of the scars by focusing on the two scars said to be 'highly consistent when considered together and failed to have regard to the other injuries as part of the assessment in concluding that this evidence provided only relatively limited corroboration. It is also correct that the judge identified two scars said to be highly consistent when there were in fact, three. There is thus an arguable error of law."