LP001162020

             Pursuant to rule 14 of the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (SI 2008/2698) I make an anonymity order. Unless the Upper Tribunal or court directs otherwise, no report of these proceedings shall directly or indirectly identify the appellant. This direction applies to both the appellant and to the respondent and a failure to comply with this direction could lead to Contempt of Court proceedings.

             The appellant is a citizen of Namibia who was born on 25 April 1997. She arrived in the United Kingdom on 10 October 2019 and claimed asylum. The basis of her claim was that her family were forcing her to marry her cousin, who was 62 years old. She did not wish to do so but her father wanted her to marry him in order to keep the family money within the family. She claimed that if she were to return to Namibia her father would force her to marry her cousin.

             On 2 December 2019, the Secretary of State refused the appellant's claims for asylum, humanitarian protection and under the ECHR.

             The appellant appealed to the First-tier Tribunal. Following a hearing, in a decision dated 12 December 2020, Judge Boyes dismissed the appellant's appeal on all grounds. In particular, in relation to her asylum claim, the judge made an adverse credibility finding and did not accept the appellant's claim that she was at risk on return to Namibia of being forced to marry her cousin.

             The appellant sought permission to appeal to the Upper Tribunal on a number of grounds, primarily challenging the judge's adverse credibility finding.