Tag Archives: Rwanda Policy

Obligation of civil servants under the Civil Service Code not breached by defunct ministerial Rwanda removal decisions 

FDA, R (On the Application Of) v Minister for the Cabinet Office & Anor [2024] EWHC 1729 (Admin) (05 July 2024) Rwanda removals were the Conservative party’s vanity project which cost the UK taxpayer £700 million. Everything was wrong with … Continue reading →

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Rwanda removals 

Last November in R (AAA (Syria) & Ors) v SSHD [2023] UKSC 42 the Supreme Court held that the government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful and unanimously dismissed the SSHD’s appeal. The new policy aimed to “stop the boats” and the SSHD … Continue reading →

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SSHD’s Rwanda policy appeal dismissed by Supreme Court

R (on the application of AAA (Syria) & Ors) v SSHD [2023] UKSC 42 (15 November 2023) In this judgment, unanimously dismissing the SSHD’s appeal, the Supreme Court agreed with the Court of Appeal’s conclusion that the Rwanda policy is … Continue reading →

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