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17 June 2016
Issue: 7703 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Immigration

Hossain and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWHC 1331 (Admin), [2016] All ER (D) 40 (Jun)

The Administrative Court dismissed the claimants’ challenge to the lawfulness of the defendant secretary of state’s examination of asylum claims of persons in immigration detention, except for her failure to meet her public sector equality duty. The only unlawfulness had been in the fourth claimant’s detention, as the secretary of state had accepted.

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The controversial Courts and Tribunals Bill has passed its second reading by 304 votes to 203, despite concerted opposition from the legal profession
The presumption of parental involvement is to be abolished, the Lord Chancellor David Lammy has confirmed
A highly experienced chartered legal executive has been prevented from representing her client in financial remedies proceedings, in a case that highlights the continued fallout from Mazur
Plans to commandeer 50%-75% of the interest on lawyers’ client accounts to fund the justice system overlook the cost and administrative burden of this on small and medium law firms, CILEX has warned
Lawyers have been asked for their views on proposals to change the penalties for assaulting a police officer
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