Kaitey, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department: CA 10 Dec 2021

Whether the Secretary of State has the power to place a person on bail under para. 1(2) of Sch. 10 to the Immigration Act 2016 (‘the 2016 Act’) in circumstances where it would be unlawful to detain them. According to the evidence before the Court there may be more than 90,000 people who are currently on ‘immigration bail’, as it is described in the 2016 Act, some of whom (like this Appellant) cannot lawfully be detained.

Lord Justice Singh,
Lord Justice Nugee,
And,
Sir Stephen Richards
[2021] EWCA Civ 1875
Bailii
England and Wales

Immigration

Updated: 08 January 2022; Ref: scu.670461