As to there being no obligation for maintaining poor foreigners before the statutes ascertaining the different methods of acquiring settlements, the law of humanity, which is anterior to all positive laws, obliges us to afford them relief, to save them from starving.
Judges:
Lord Ellenborough CJ
Citations:
(1803) 4 East 103, [1803] EngR 629, (1803) 102 ER 769
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Cited – Regina (on the Application of Q and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department CA 18-Mar-2003
The Home Secretary appealed a ruling that his implementation of section 55 was unlawful, having been said to be incompatible with human rights law.
Held: The way in which the section had been operated, by denying consideration and all benefits . .
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Benefits, Immigration
Updated: 28 April 2022; Ref: scu.179881