In The Press

James Packer , Director of Public Law at Duncan Lewis, features in Free Movement discussing the decision to dismiss the appeal made in the case of JM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, in which JM had been found to have been unlawfully detained. James notes that Julie Anderson, for the Secretary of State, made the appeal on the grounds that the judge had not determined the “reasonable period” after which detention becomes unlawful, in relation to the Hardial Singh principal, however this was dismissed. James worked alongside Kate Newman, Public Law solicitor, in representing JM throughout this case. James concludes: ‘the preparation for the appeal was so shambolic that the court required the head of the Government Legal Department to write personally to the lead judge accepting that the failures were inexcusable and giving an assurance that there would be no repeat. We shall see.’