Friday, 26 February 2021

Shamima Begum's appeal to UKSC dismissed


The Supreme Court of the UK has handed down judgment in the Shamima Begum case - see judgment dated 26 February 2021 - [2021] UKSC 7. - Lord Reed PSC, Lord Hodge DPSC, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones and Lord Sales. The judgment is unanimous.

The Supreme Court's webpage about the case is HERE and a Press Summary is available.

Earlier court decisions:

The main SIAC

judgment is Shamima Begum (Preliminary Issue : Substansive) [2020] UKSIAC SC_163_2019, while there is also a brief High Court judgment refusing a linked application for judicial review: [2020] EWHC 74 (Admin).  

Commentary: FreeMovement 7 February 2020

Court of Appeal (July 2020) - [2020] EWCA Civ 918 - King, Flaux and Singh LJJ.  

Commentary: Free Movement 16 July 2020.


Previous posts:

23 February 2019 - Shamima Begum and the law

31 October 2020 - Shamima Begum - a submission by JUSTICE to the Supreme Court

26 February 2021

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