The Law Reports (Queen's Bench Division)
[2023] QB 425
Queen’s Bench Division
Regina (BVN)
v
Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2022] EWHC 1159 (Admin)
2022 April 5; May 16
Bourne J
Immigration— Human trafficking— Victim— Secretary of State’s guidance allowing potential victim of trafficking to withdraw from National Referral Mechanism without imposing requirement of informed consent— Whether guidance unlawful—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 4[1]
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Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c 30), s 49(1)[2]
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Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (2012) (Cm 8414), arts 12, 13[3]
Judicial review— Bail— Civil proceedings— High Court granting immigration detainee conditional bail pending claim for judicial review— Secretary of State purporting to impose additional condition pursuant to power to grant conditional immigration bail— Whether Secretary of State entitled to do so— Whether imposition of additional condition reducing scope of liberty granted by High Court order—
Immigration Act 2016 (c 19), Sch 10, paras 1, 2[4]