Source: All England Reporter
Publisher Citation: [2003] All ER (D) 356 (Nov)
Neutral Citation: [2003] EWHC 2798 (Admin)
Court: Administrative Court
Judge:

Ouseley J

Representation Stephen Knafler (instructed by Anthony Gold) for the claimant.
  Hilton Harrop-Griffiths (instructed by John Suddaby) for the authority.
  John-Paul Waite (instructed by the Treasury Solicitor) for the Secretary of State.
Judgment Dates: 25 November 2003

Catchwords

Immigration - Asylum - Asylum support - Duty of local authority to provide assistance - s 21 - ss 95, 122.

The Case

Where an asylum seeker has dependent children, the responsibility for care of the whole family is that of the National Asylum Assistance Service, not the local authority, nor could there be separate responsibility for the parent and children.

Practice Areas

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