Immigration appeal rules unlawful / Times Law, 26 Jan 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,30589-2567704,00.html
Court of Appeal
FP (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department MB (Libya) v Same Before Lord Justice Sedley, Lady Justice Arden and Lord Justice Wall Judgment January 23, 2007
"Provisions requiring an immigration tribunal to hear an appeal in the appellant’s absence, where he was unaware of the date of the hearing through no fault of his own, arbitrarily denied the very essence of the right to be heard and were unlawful."