The appellant in this case, is a Jamaican national born in 1980. The appellant challenged the Secretary of State’s (SSHD) decision to deport him on the basis that deportation would disproportionately breach both his family and private life. The Court Read more...
In this case, a claim was brought to challenge the lawfulness of detention concerning an EU national who is a victim of trafficking and the certification of her removal under Regulation 33 of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 20 Read more...
The Home Office has stated it intends to revise its policy on Discretionary Leave in open court during cases of MV, MM and MK which came before Newey, Henderson and Hickinbottom LJ on Tuesday 30th October 2018 to determine whethe Read more...
History of the Case H is a Vietnamese national who was trafficked to the UK in early 2013 as a minor. He was physically and sexually abused by his traffickers and forced to work in a cannabis house where he was arrested in October 2 Read more...
In this case, the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) has been found to have been in breach of chapter 55.10 of the UK Border Agency Enforcement Instructions and Guidance (UKBA EIG) in unlawfully detaining the Claimant on the basis t Read more...
The appeal from a decision authorising the deprivation of liberty under the inherent jurisdiction of the 15-year-old girl has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal. History of the Case The case related to a transgender child (T) f Read more...
This case concerns a minor, TM, who brought a judicial review against the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) challenging the ongoing delay in giving a decision on TM’s asylum claim. TM first made a claim for asy Read more...
In this case, KA & Anor complained to the Upper Tribunal that the continued applicability of the Kumar arrangements in Read more...
In this case, concerning a victim of re-trafficking, the High Court ruled in favour of the Claimant, CP, finding that the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) had breached the Claimant’s protective obligations under Article 4 o Read more...
In a case brought by Duncan Lewis, a court ruled that a physical and mental examination must be arranged for every detainee to take place within 24 hours of their admission to a detention centre, unless the detainee does not consent to the examina Read more...
A Judge sitting at Oxford County Court struck out a claim after the litigant contravened orders not to contact his lawyers mid-evidence. The witness emailed his solicitors, counsel and spoke to a third party whilst in the court giving evidence. Read more...
In this case our client, the Claimant SNA, an Egyptian national, submits that he was subject to unlawful detention by the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) between 14 September 2016 and 28 September 2016. SNA argues t Read more...
In this case the Claimant challenged the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s (SSHD) failure to find suitable accommodation subject to Section 4 of the Immigration Act, to enable his release on bail. This has resulted in the Claimant remai Read more...
This recent Court of Appeal judgment involved an asylum seeking child from Albania, who by the time his appeal was heard before the Court of Appeal, was a young adult. History AL sought asylum in the UK for precisely the sa Read more...
The High Court ruled in favour of the Claimant by concluding that the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) had failed to exercise ‘anxious scrutiny’ before certifying her asylum claim under s.96 (2) Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Ac Read more...
In this case the Court of Appeal considered the cost applications of the two Appellants in these proceedings, ZN & KA, following the withdrawal of their appeals by consent. The issue before the Court was in what circumstances the Court shou Read more...
The case concerns T, a transgender child and the deprivation of liberty and rights under Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights. If the state imposes restrictions upon the child’s freedom and movement without the Child’s consent, the Read more...
Esther Akinyinka, Solicitor of the Immigration and Public Law departments of Duncan Lewis Solicitors, represented a national of South Africa to challenge the Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD) Policy on Approved Premises and Unlawfu Read more...
This case concerns four children: D, S, E, and SL, between 7 and 17 years of age. All the children are nationals of X and came to the UK on 11 June 2013 with their mother ‘M’. M is also a national of X and works as a secretary for the X High Comm Read more...
This case concerns the unlawful detention of the Claimant who came to the UK from Nigeria. The Claimant made an asylum claim from within detention shortly after being detained on 6 August 2016. Despite being told that his claim would be dealt Read more...
Duncan Lewis Solicitors’ Public Law team brought a challenge against the Home Office on behalf of two detainees, which on 1 February 2018 the High Court ruled in favour of, forcing the Home Office to take responsibility for the unlawful conditions Read more...
In this case the Claimant challenged the lawfulness of the Secretary of State for the Home Department’s (SSHD) refusal of consent to his release on bail pursuant to paragraph 22(4) Schedule 2 of the Immigration Act 1971 (As amended by Immigration Read more...
Duncan Lewis’ success in the Supreme Court case of Hysaj & Ors, R has significantly changed the case law on ‘deprivation’ and ‘nullity’ of British Citizenship under the British Nationality Act 1981. Duncan Lewis acted for the Appella Read more...