The Weekly Law Reports
[2010] 1 WLR 2168
Court of Appeal
*Regina (WL (Congo)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Same v Same (No 2)
Regina (KM (Jamaica))
v
Same
[2010] EWCA Civ 111
2009 Nov 30,
Dec 1, 2;
2010 Feb 19
Dec 1, 2;
2010 Feb 19
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury MR, Carnwath, Stanley Burnton LJJ
Immigration— Deportation order— Detention pending deportation— Claimant foreign nationals sentenced to imprisonment— Claimants detained under Home Secretary’s directions pending deportation— Home Secretary’s published policy to detain convicted foreign nationals only when justified— Claimants’ claim of unlawful detention on grounds Home Secretary operating unpublished blanket policy of detention of all convicted foreign nationals— Whether policy containing presumption in favour of detention unlawful— Whether operation of unpublished policy unlawful— Whether claimants’ detention unlawful—
Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), Sch 3, para 2 (as amended by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c 48), s 64, Sch 10, para 1, Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 54(1)(2)(3), Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (c 41), s 114(3), Sch 7, para 7, Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (c 19), s 34(1)(2))