The WLR Daily case summaries
[2017] WLR (D) 380
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (S) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2017] EWHC 1295 (Admin)
2017 May 2, 3, 5; May 26
John Howell QC sitting as a deputy High Court judge
Immigration— Asylum— Detention pending removal— Claimant arriving in United Kingdom and claiming asylum— Secretary of State seeking claimant’s return to safe third country for consideration of asylum claim— Whether claimant’s detention contrary to relevant legislation—
Immigration Act 1971 (c 77), Sch 2, para 16(2)
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Council Regulation (EU) No 604/2013
Immigration— Asylum— Age assessment— Claimant purporting to be child asylum seeker— Local authority assessing claimant as over 18— Whether authority erring—
Children Act 1989 (c 41), Pt III