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Public Law Articles
Ministers admit trying to forcibly remove tens of thousands of people (22 March 2013)
System ^in chaos^ as nearly half of enforced removals arecancelled, many of them after successful legal challenges Read more...
European Court of Human Rights splits on approach to disabled asylum seekers (11 February 2013)
Duncan Lewis represented SHH, a severely disabled Afghan who sought asylum in the United Kingdom. His application was refused and he appealed, unsuccessfully, to the First - Tier Tribunal. When he was also refused permission to appeal that decision to the Upper Tribunal Duncan Lewis appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’). The Court granted our application for an Order preventing the removal of SHH until they had decided his appeal. Read more...
Detained Fast track, are the UKBA playing by the Rules (7 January 2013)
The Detained Fast Track (DFT) has always been controversial from the legal advisors point of view: does it allow for sufficient advice and consultation with the client, and thorough consideration and collation of evidence in light of the serious nature of the application: the request by the asylum seeker for international protection for example. DFT was subject to consideration by John Vine as Independent Chief Inspector of UK Border Agency, whose report was published in February 2012, as well as numerous other bodies. Read more...