“…od” that he will be persecuted for a Convention reason if returned to his own country: see R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Sivakumaran [1988] AC 958, at 994 (Lord Keith of Kinkel).…”
“…kelihood” – standard of proof which applies to claims for asylum under the Refugee Convention: see R (Sivakumaran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1988] AC 958 and Karanakaran v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2000] EWCA Civ 11, [2000] 3 All ER 449.…”
“…st be objectively justified is low and falls well short of the balance of probabilities. In R v Secretary of State for the Home Department ex parte Sivakumaran [1988] AC 958, Lord Keith put the test as “a reasonable degree of likelihood”.…”
“…ions appear to me to be fully in line with the authoritative decision of the House of Lords in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Sivakumaran [1988] AC 958. Ms Jegarajah accepted that these self-directions were legally correct. The real question, therefore, is whether the FTT’s reasoning carried these self-directi…”