UI2022006077

              This is an appeal by the Appellant against a decision of First-tier Tribunal Judge Juss, (the "Judge"), dated 18 July 2022, in which he dismissed the Appellant's appeal against the Respondent's decision to refuse a grant of asylum. The Appellant is an Iraqi national.

              Permission to appeal was granted by First-tier Tribunal Judge Fisher on 20 December 2022 as follows:

" The grounds seeking permission firstly assert that the Judge erred in referring to the Iranian authorities in his decision, when the Appellant was an Iraqi national. It is also said that he failed to "grasp" the Appellant's case. Finally, the grounds are critical of the Judge's treatment of the issue of return documentation.

Ground 3 is, therefore, certainly arguable. In order not to bind the Upper Tribunal, I have decided not to restrict this grant. All are arguable in the round. Accordingly, permission to appeal is granted."

              At the outset of the hearing, Mr. Lawson stated that the Respondent agreed that the decision involved the making of a material error of law in relation to Ground 3, as the Judge had not considered the case of SMO & KSP (Civil status documentation; article 15) Iraq CG [2022] UKUT 110 (IAC) .  I indicated that I was in agreement with this.