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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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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Orwins—Maryam Abbasi

Orwins—Maryam Abbasi

Senior associate joins family law team in London

Tees Law—Stephen Williams

Tees Law—Stephen Williams

Firm appoints chief financial officer as it expands Essex office footprint

Winckworth Sherwood—David Fendt

Winckworth Sherwood—David Fendt

Restructuring and insolvency practice strengthened by partner hire

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