Persecution Expert provides qualified expert reports for First-tier Tribunal appeals, Upper Tribunal country guidance cases, deportation and Article 3 claims, fresh claims, LGBTQ+ asylum, gender-based violence, political persecution, and religious persecution proceedings.
FTT Asylum Appeal
First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) appeals are the primary forum for challenging Home Office refusals of asylum claims. Pe...
Learn more →Upper Tribunal Country Guidance
Upper Tribunal country guidance cases establish authoritative precedent on persecution analysis methodology, state protection standards, and...
Learn more →Deportation & Article 3
Deportation proceedings and Article 3 ECHR claims require analysis of whether removal would expose the individual to a real risk of persecut...
Learn more →Fresh Claims
Fresh claims arise where new evidence or changed circumstances create a realistic prospect of success that was not previously considered. Pe...
Learn more →LGBTQ+ Asylum Claims
LGBTQ+ asylum claims are governed by HJ (Iran) [2010] UKSC, which established that LGBTQ+ individuals cannot be expected to conceal their id...
Learn more →Gender-Based Violence Claims
Gender-based violence claims encompass FGM, forced marriage, domestic violence with state protection failures, honour-based violence, and tr...
Learn more →Political Persecution Claims
Political persecution claims require analysis of both actual and imputed political opinion under the Refugee Convention. RT (Zimbabwe) [2012...
Learn more →Religious Persecution Claims
Religious persecution claims encompass minority religion targeting, conversion and apostasy, blasphemy accusations, and interference with re...
Learn more →See also our persecution types hub for persecution ground-specific expert evidence pages.