CH v The Secretary of State for the Home Department

Facts

The appellant, C H, a Namibian national granted anonymity, appealed to the First-tier Tribunal against the Secretary of State's decision of 29 March 2025 refusing his protection and human rights claim. He said he would be at risk on return to Namibia because of his bisexuality and his fear of his stepfather, who had discovered him in a relationship with a man and attacked him in February 2019, and who had tried to force him to marry his cousin; alternatively he sought humanitarian protection, and he relied on Articles 2, 3 and 8 of the ECHR. At an earlier hearing on 3 July 2026, Judge Webb permitted the respondent to withdraw the concessions made in the decision letter that internal relocation and sufficiency of protection would not be available if the account were accepted, and adjourned to let the appellant file further evidence on those matters. Before Judge McMahon the appellant's late supplementary bundle and updated appeal skeleton argument, served on 1 September 2026 in breach of directions, were admitted. Counsel's attempt to reopen the concessions ruling was refused. The agreed issues were the credibility of the account, whether the appellant is bisexual, and, if so, risk on return, sufficiency of protection and internal relocation.