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Failure to provide legal aid advice to immigration detainees in prison is unlawful

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Asad Ali Khan, BA, MSc, MA, LL.B (Hons), LL.M

R (SM) v Bail for Immigration Detainees [2021] EWHC 418 (Admin) (25 February 2021) In these proceedings, Swift J held that the failure to give immigration detainees held in prison access to publicly funded legal advice to an extent equivalent … Continue reading →

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