FK, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Camille Warren (instructed by Paragon Law) for the Claimant Sam Karim (instructed by Government Legal Department) for the Defendant Hearing dates: 3rd December 2015 ____________________

i) Having adopted a policy in relation to the treatment of claims by persons who have potentially been trafficked it is an error of law not to follow and apply that policy unless there are reasonable grounds to do so and an explanation is provided: see Lumba v SSHD [2011] UKSC 12 ; [2012] 1 AC 245 .

iii) Given the nature of the Guidance, and the level of detail that it provides in relation to the consideration of credibility in trafficking claims, a high standard of reasoning is required from the competent authority in order to demonstrate a careful and conscientious analysis of the relevant factors which have to be taken into account when assessing credibility. See R (M) v SSHD [2015] EWHC 2467 at paragraph 48.