R (O) v Home Secretary
27.04.2016
Practice Areas
Cases Citation
[2016] UKSC 19, [2016] 1 WLR 1717
The appellant claimed that she had been unlawfully detained pending her deportation. A new medical report advancing a new diagnosis of her condition was submitted to the Home Secretary but was not properly dealt with. However, on judicial review she would at most receive only nominal damages. The Supreme Court agreed with the Court of Appeal that in those circumstances, it was right to refuse her permission to apply for judicial review.