R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte Bhajan Singh

Subject Matter

IMMIGRATION — Illegal entrant — Immigration authorities — Illegal immigrant detained with view to deportation — Request to immigration authorities to provide facilities to marry — European convention providing for right to marry — Effect on English legislation — Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1953) (Cmd 8969), arts 5 (1) (f), 12

[1976] QB 198; [1975] 3 WLR 225