The Weekly Law Reports
[2023] 1 WLR 284
Queen’s Bench Division
*Regina (MG) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
[2022] EWHC 1847 (Admin)
2022 June 29, 30; July 20
Johnson J
Human rights— Inhuman or degrading treatment— Duty to investigate— Knife attack by asylum seeker staying in hotel accommodation provided by Secretary of State— Whether Secretary of State under duty to initiate independent investigation into attack— Whether Secretary of State breaching lower level systems duty or operational duty so as to give rise to investigative duty—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, art 3
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Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (c 33), s 95(1)(a)
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Asylum Seekers (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2005 (SI 2005/7), reg 4(3)