Although the Court of Appeal in AA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWCA Civ 944 (11 July 2017) undertook a painstakingly long and arduous analysis of the relevant statutory provisions and caselaw on the arising jurisdictional point, for current purposes it is important to note that the current Iraq country guidance caselaw has been amended.
The Court of Appeal could not help but observe that the case presented the unusual situation where both the Appellant and the Secretary of State agreed that there was an error in the Country Guidance Case, AA (Article 15(c)) Iraq CG [2015] UKUT 544 (IAC).
The parties agreed before the Court of Appeal that the appeal should be allowed albeit on a narrow ground.