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United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales)

The High Court deals with higher level civil disputes and consists of three divisions: the Queen’s Bench Division; the Chancery Division and the Family Division. The jurisdiction of the Administrative Court, which is part of the Queen’s Bench Division, is varied, consisting of the administrative law jurisdiction of England and Wales as well as a supervisory jurisdiction over inferior courts and tribunals. Website: www.hmcourts-service.gov.uk
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R (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) (Claimant) - and - Secretary of State for the Home Department (Defendant) - and – (1) Residential Landlords Association (2) Equality and Human Rights Commission (3) Liberty (Intervenors)

i) an Order pursuant to s.4 Human Rights Act 1998 declaring that sections 20-37 of the Immigration Act 2014 are incompatible with Article 14 ECHR in conjunction with Article 8 ECHR; and 56 ii) An Order declaring that a decision by the Defendant to commence the Scheme represented by sections 20-37 of the Immigration Act 2014 in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland without further evaluation of its efficacy and discriminatory impact would be irrational and would constitute a breach of s. 149 Equality Act 2010.

1 March 2019 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Right to family life | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of Kiana and Musgrove) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Application for judicial review.

20 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of AW) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Application for judicial review.

16 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of Zarzour) v. London Borough of Hillingdon

Application for judicial review.

1 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of Rabah, Woldemichael and Saadah) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

Subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: R (on the application of MS, AR & FW) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 1310.

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Temporary admission | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of A (by his litigation friend Valbona Mejzninin) v. London Borough of Croydon

Application for judicial review.

28 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of A) v. London Borough of Croydon

Application for judicial review.

28 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

R (on the application of N) v. Coventry City Council

Application for judicial review.

17 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): HIV and AIDS - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Right to life | Countries: South Africa - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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