KC says Number 10 ‘clearly did play a decisionmaking role’ in pausing sending small boat arrivals on to hotels which led to terrible overcrowding A catalogue of failures including racism, use of force and chronic overcrowding at a Home Office processing site for small boat arrivals were linked to decisions made at the highest level of government, an independent inquiry heard on Friday. The Manston independent inquiry was commissioned by the current government to look at multiple problems under the previous government between 1 June and 22 November 2022 at the facility in Kent, where small boat arrivals are processed. Continue reading...

Our immigration and public law teams are acting in a group of judicial reviews that challenge the Home Office’s policy guidance

Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delays An inquiry into what went wrong at an asylum seeker processing centre three years ago is at a standstill, critics have said. A commitment to hold an inquiry into conditions at Manston in Kent in the second half of 2022 was first made by the former home secretary James Cleverly in March 2024 after 18,000 people were unlawfully detained in horrific conditions there. Continue reading...

Ayman Alhussein made a life in Britain after fleeing Assad but new rules mean he can never become a citizen

Ayman Alhussein made a life in Britain after fleeing Assad but new rules mean he can never become a citizen

We are thrilled to welcome solicitor Jonah Mendelsohn to our team here at Wilsons

Asylum seekers detained at Manston in Kent say they were kept in unsanitary tents during infectious disease outbreak

In a decision handed down today, 14 March 2025, the Court of Appeal has upheld a judicial review brought by Medical Justice...

In a decision handed down today, 14 March 2025, the Court of Appeal has upheld a judicial review brought by Medical Justice

Wilson Solicitors Immigration and Public Law & Human Rights teams are acting in a challenge to the Home Office’s amended guidance

Wilson Solicitors Immigration and Public Law & Human Rights teams are acting in a challenge to the Home Office’s amended guidance

There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the

The Home Office has settled the judicial review claims that seek an independent Article 3 ECHR compliant inquiry into events at Manston in 2022.

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

Dr Jo Wilding, a Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Sussex, discusses the legal aid crisis in the UK and possible solutions to addressing access to justice challenges

Figures show rise in numbers unable to access legal aid lawyer, with knock-on implications for clearing backlog

Our Public Law partner, Jed Pennington reports on the Home Secretary’s decision to not hold an inquiry into the Manston Holding Facility

HM Chief Inspector of Prisons has published a report of an unannounced inspection of Brook House immigration removal centre. The inspection took place between

Our Public Law partner, Jed Pennington reports on the Home Secretary’s decision to not hold an inquiry into the Manston Holding Facility