Case Law

The issues in the appeal are (1) whether the Court of Appeal erred in law in assessing the lawfulness of the policy guidance by reference to whether it (a) created a real risk of more than a minimal number of children being detained, and/or (b) created a risk which could be avoided if the terms of the policy were better formulated; and (2) whether the Court of Appeal erred in concluding that criterion C, as construed in the context of the relevant policy as a whole, is unlawful.

30 July 2021 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 February 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Regional instruments - Safe third country | Countries: Eritrea - Italy - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2010] EWCA Civ 643

21 March 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Temporary admission | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland