‘The High Court has approved the settlement of a civil claim brought by a man with learning disabilities and autism, who was detained for a period of 340 days as there was no safe alternative accommodation available.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th March 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An autistic woman with a learning disability was wrongly locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years, starting when she was just seven years old, the BBC has learned.’
BBC News, 4th March 2025
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that the Home Office has been systemically failing to provide safe and suitable accommodation to disabled applicants, and has given guidance on the interaction between Schedule 10 accommodation and the Care Act 2014. Stephanie Harrison KC, Nadia O’Mara and Isaac Ricca-Richardson analyse its findings.’
Local Government Lawyer, 19th February 2025
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The Home Office must pay £100,000 to an asylum seeker who was unlawfully detained before her ability to work, buy food and socialise was “grossly restricted”, the high court has said.’
The Guardian, 6th February 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A woman who carried out a transphobic stabbing attack motivated by a “distorted notion of revenge” has been sentenced to more than eight years in youth detention.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Joint Committee on Human Rights is undertaking scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill to assess its compatibility with international and domestic human rights standards. The Committee has a call for evidence closing on 24 January 2025.’
Mental Capacity Law and Policy, 12th January 2025
‘Vulnerable children are being jailed many miles from their families at record levels, a Guardian investigation has found, prompting warnings that the government is breaking the law.’
The Guardian, 6th January 2025
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were unlawfully detained for years on the remote British territory of Diego Garcia, a judge has ruled.’
BBC News, 16th December 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Alex Ruck Keene KC (Hon) examines a recent High Court case concerning the Mental Health Act, “detainability,” and judicial scrutiny (and the real underlying problems of children with complex needs).’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th December 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A man in his 20s has been arrested on suspicion of a double murder after two men were fatally stabbed in Manchester. The 23-year-old suspect has been detained under the Mental Health Act after being assessed by medical professionals, Greater Manchester Police said on Sunday evening.’
The Guardian, 17th November 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Police will no longer be able to hold people who are being detained for mental health reasons in police cells, under government plans for England and Wales.’
BBC News, 6th November 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An inquest jury has found “multiple failings” and “missed opportunities” at an immigration detention centre contributed to a Colombian man taking his own life in 2023.’
BBC News, 16th October 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Migrant workers living in a caravan encampment raided by immigration enforcement officers have accused the Home Office of targeting the victims of labour exploitation rather than companies profiting from the hidden economy.’
The Guardian, 12th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Young children are being traumatised while held at a Gatwick airport deportation centre that should be closed down, a watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Adegboyega v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2365 (KB) (15 September 2024). In Mr Adegboyega’s case, the SSHD was ordered to pay over £203,995.24 in damages. A Nigerian national, Mr Adegboyega was unlawfully detained at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre for 88 days in 2017 despite having the right to remain in the UK as the spouse of an EEA national.’
EIN Blog, 30th September 2024
Source: www.ein.org.uk
‘An Albanian man who was being held in a secure psychiatric unit was taken directly from his hospital bed to a Home Office deportation flight, a report has revealed.’
The Guardian, 25th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Baird report, which was commissioned by Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, and released on Thursday morning [18 July], examined 14 cases of 11 women and three men who had been treated unfairly by Greater Manchester police (GMP). It found wrongful arrests, a lack of care for domestic and sexual abuse survivors, and strip-searches being conducted forcefully on vulnerable women.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘United Nations experts have warned Britain is at risk of breaching international law over allegations of child asylum seekers being placed in adult detention centres after crossing the Channel on small boats.’
The Independent, 9th July 2024
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The US government has blocked the UK from holding a court hearing in one of its own territories, it emerged on Tuesday.’
The Guardian, 9th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The prisons watchdog has described “truly shocking” conditions in an immigration removal centre close to Heathrow airport as the worst its inspectors had ever seen.’
The Guardian, 9th July 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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