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British authorities have asked the UK Supreme Court for permission to appeal in a Jamaican man’s deportation case, following rulings that challenged how his access to protection in Jamaica had been assessed. According to The Gleaner, the court has not confirmed that permission to appeal has been granted. The case, Secretary of State for the Home Department v CP, concerns a Jamaican national convicted of rape in Britain. He argues that returning him to Jamaica would expose him to retaliation linked to his mother’s evidence against a gang leader. The dispute centres on whether deportation would breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits torture and inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment. The proceedings have already had a concrete consequence for the deportation case: the Upper Tribunal overturned an initial decision rejecting CP’s appeal, and the British Court of Appeal upheld that ruling in July 2026. The government is now seeking permission to take the dispute further. CP moved to Britain in 2001 on student leave, which expired the following year. He subsequently remained unlawfully and made human-rights and protection claims. Between 2008 and 2009, he was convicted of offences including burglaries, attempted burglary and unlawful wounding. In January 2013, he was convicted of two counts of rape and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment. British authorities maintained that he posed a danger to the community and pursued deportation. His protection claim concerns events in Jamaica before his departure. His mother witnessed a murder and gave evidence that led to a gang leader’s conviction and imprisonment. CP contends that this family association places him at risk and that Jamaican authorities would not adequately protect him. The British government rejected his claims in September 2019. It argued that retaliation more than two decades after the trial was unlikely, that sufficient state protection was available and that he could relocate within Jamaica. However, Jamaica’s Ministry of National Security told the British Home Office in September 2023 that the probability of harm to CP’s family in Jamaica was high, The Gleaner reported. The ministry also said his readmission to the witness protection programme could not be guaranteed because state agencies would need to conduct several assessments. CP had previously been in the programme but had abandoned its protection. The Upper Tribunal found that the initial tribunal had applied the wrong legal test. It said the question was whether there was a real risk that CP could not obtain reasonable protection, including through Jamaica’s witness protection programme. The Supreme Court application seeks a further appeal on that legal issue; it does not establish that the court will hear the case or that CP’s return has been authorised.
British authorities have asked the UK Supreme Court for permission to appeal in a Jamaican man’s deportation case, following rulings that challenged how his access to protection in Jamaica had been assessed. According to The Gleaner, the court has not confirmed that permission to appeal has been granted.
The case, Secretary of State for the Home Department v CP, concerns a Jamaican national convicted of rape in Britain. He argues that returning him to Jamaica would expose him to retaliation linked to his mother’s evidence against a gang leader. The dispute centres on whether deportation would breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which prohibits torture and inhumane or degrading treatment or punishment.
The proceedings have already had a concrete consequence for the deportation case: the Upper Tribunal overturned an initial decision rejecting CP’s appeal, and the British Court of Appeal upheld that ruling in July 2026. The government is now seeking permission to take the dispute further.
CP moved to Britain in 2001 on student leave, which expired the following year. He subsequently remained unlawfully and made human-rights and protection claims. Between 2008 and 2009, he was convicted of offences including burglaries, attempted burglary and unlawful wounding. In January 2013, he was convicted of two counts of rape and sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment. British authorities maintained that he posed a danger to the community and pursued deportation.
His protection claim concerns events in Jamaica before his departure. His mother witnessed a murder and gave evidence that led to a gang leader’s conviction and imprisonment. CP contends that this family association places him at risk and that Jamaican authorities would not adequately protect him.
The British government rejected his claims in September 2019. It argued that retaliation more than two decades after the trial was unlikely, that sufficient state protection was available and that he could relocate within Jamaica.
However, Jamaica’s Ministry of National Security told the British Home Office in September 2023 that the probability of harm to CP’s family in Jamaica was high, The Gleaner reported. The ministry also said his readmission to the witness protection programme could not be guaranteed because state agencies would need to conduct several assessments. CP had previously been in the programme but had abandoned its protection.
The Upper Tribunal found that the initial tribunal had applied the wrong legal test. It said the question was whether there was a real risk that CP could not obtain reasonable protection, including through Jamaica’s witness protection programme. The Supreme Court application seeks a further appeal on that legal issue; it does not establish that the court will hear the case or that CP’s return has been authorised.
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