“…th Laing LJ, with whom Lewison and Baker LJJ agreed, cited a number of authorities on the proper approach to be taken by appellate tribunals: Indrakumar v SSHD [2003] EWCA Civ 1677, Subesh v SSHD [2004] EWCA Civ 56, Volpi v Volpi [2022] EWCA Civ, and the judgment of Lewis LJ in AB v DBS to which I have already referred. She then set out a…”
“…A useful starting point is the decision of this court in Indrakumar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1677, which concerned the jurisdiction of the Immigration Appellant Tribunal (‘the IAT’) to hear an appeal from an adjudicator. That jurisdiction was then conferred…”
“…In paragraph 37, Laws LJ cited paragraph 13 of the judgment of Hale LJ (as she then was) in Indrakumar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2003] EWCA Civ 1677. She said that the IAT was no different from this court, or any other court with jurisdiction to hear appeals on fact and law. It could only interfere if there…”