Aliens — Refugees — Definition of a refugee — Well-founded fear of persecution — Whether objective or subjective test of whether fear well-founded — Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, Article 1A — Asylum — Criteria for grant of — Determination of refugee status — Whether determination of refugee status a matter for the Secretary of State — Role of the courts — Views of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — Interpretation by municipal courts — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees — Extent to which English court should take note of High Commissioner's views on the interpretation of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951, and the 1967 Protocol thereto — The law of England