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26 February 2009 / Peter Hungerford-welch
Issue: 7358 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Human rights , Constitutional law
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Immigration

RB (Algeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10

Appeals from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) are restricted to matters of law or irrationality. The SIAC is entitled to have regard to “closed material”, ie material not made available to the appellant or his advisers and to assurances given by their governments in concluding that appellants would not, if deported, face a real risk of inhuman treatment contrary to Art 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights or violation of the right to a fair trial under Art 6.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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