The WLR Daily case summaries
[2024] WLR(D) 383
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 applicant aged 18 by time invited for immigration interview— Legal aid and exceptional case funding refused for claimant’s immigration proceedings— Whether exclusion of legal aid incompatible with claimant’s Convention rights— Whether unlawful discrimination— Whether application of bright line rule at interview stage justified— Whether refusal of exceptional case funding 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(3)
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Civil Legal Aid (Immigration Interviews) (Exceptions) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2683), regs 2, 3