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The High Court has handed down judgment allowing a claim for judicial review challenging the Home Office’s policy to stop and detain all passengers owing debts to the NHS when seeking entry at the border. The policy – which was…
In allowing the Parole Board’s appeal against the Court of Appeal’s finding that guidance on how to treat allegations was unlawful, the Supreme Court held that risk may be assessed without the Parole Board having to find every foundation had…
The Administrative Court today dismissed a judicial review challenge to the Home Secretary’s decisions to relocate Afghan nationals from London to Manchester (HZ and ors v SSHD [2023] EWHC 660 (Admin)). The Afghan nationals were relocated to the UK following…
The High Court today upheld a claim for judicial review challenging decisions by the Secretary of State for Justice to amend the Parole Board Rules and to issue guidance about the effect of the amendment. The rule change, which was…
The Rwanda appeal – AAA and others -v- Secretary of State for the Home Department Sian Reeves, instructed by the Government Legal Department, is part of the counsel team representing the SSHD. ‘It was one of the most prominent…
The High Court today handed down judgment in high-profile judicial review claims brought by eight former BBC journalists against the refusal to relocate them and their families to the UK under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (“ARAP”). The High…
On 8 February, Kathryn Howarth appeared in the Court of Appeal, Civil Division in a hearing which concerned the Upper Tribunal’s decision to reject the appeal of a young Egyptian asylum seeker on the basis of his credibility as a…
The High Court today handed down a landmark judgment refusing a judicial review claim arguing that EU citizens exercising Treaty rights in the UK were “settled” for the purposes of the British Nationality Act 1981. As a result, as a…
On 19 December 2022, the Divisional Court handed down an important judgment in claims for judicial review challenging the government’s proposal to relocate asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their asylum claims determined there. In R (on the application of…
Temple Garden Chambers are delighted to have been shortlisted in 4 categories at Chambers UK Bar Awards 2022. Diversity & Inclusion Outstanding Contribution: Karim Khan KCHuman Rights & Public Law Silk of the Year – Robin Tam KCPersonal Injury Junior…
