Hameed & Anor v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 1579 (Admin) (5 July 2016)

Landmark decision as the 2005 rules governing asylum claims for detained applicants are declared unlawful. The judge commented that the applicants “were fortunate in being able to contact experienced asylum solicitors [Duncan Lewis] at short notice who made two sets of written submissions on their behalf. The legal representative [Jenna McKinney] who drafted these representations had good knowledge of the then recently decided Country Guidance case of MN…”

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