The Weekly Law Reports
[2025] 1 WLR 2067
King’s Bench Division
*Rex (Alhasan) v Director of Legal Aid Casework and another
[2024] EWHC 2031 (Admin)
2024 July 10, 11; Aug 21
Fordham J
Immigration— Asylum— Interview— Child asylum claimant reaching age of 18 before asylum interview taking place— Claimant failing to obtain legal aid for asylum interview due to his age and lack of exceptional case determination— Whether exclusion of legal aid for child asylum claimants aged 18 at time of interview discriminating against them in enjoyment of Convention rights— Whether refusal to make exceptional case determination unlawful—
Human Rights Act 1998 (c 42), Sch 1, Pt I, arts 3, 8, 14
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c 10), s 10
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Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews) (Exceptions) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2683), reg 3