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Jed Pennington

@jedcpennington.bsky.social

Partner, joint head of public law & human rights, Wilson Solicitors London https://www.wilsonllp.co.uk/our-people/jed-pennington

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Jed Pennington@jedcpennington.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Update on our challenge to Home Office policy on assessing good character for British citizenship applications- permission granted in group of lead claims & full hearing in front of Divisional Court on 9-11 June @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social @onepumpcourt.co.uk www.wilsonllp.co.uk/news/update-...

Update on judicial review of ‘good character’ citizenship policy

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

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 11mo ago

Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

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...

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Wilson Solicitors LLP@wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social · last yr.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that the Home Office acted unlawfully by not consulting Medical Justice on the ‘Second Opinion policy’ impacting detained ‘adults at risk,’ reinforcing consultation as key to democratic governance. Read more on our website here: www.wilsonllp.co.uk/news/court-o...

Court of Appeal: Home Office failure to consult Medical Justice unlawful

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

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DSC Immigration Team@doughtystimm.bsky.social · last yr.

Court of Appeal uphold duty on Home Office to consult Medical Justice on policies affecting detention of vulnerable people: @shushinluh.bsky.social & Laura Profumo acted for @medicaljustice.org.uk in the High Court and on appeal. @jedcpennington.bsky.social @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social instructed.

Court of Appeal uphold duty on Home Office to consult Medical Justice on policies affecting detention of vulnerable people

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

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Wilson Solicitors LLP@wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social · 2y ago

Wilsons are acting in a challenge to the Home Office’s amended guidance on determining a person to be of ‘good character’ for the purposes of an application for British citizenship Read this article on our website to find out more and how we can help: www.wilsonllp.co.uk/news/challen...

Challenge to ‘good character’ citizenship guidance

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

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Stella Creasy MP@stellacreasy.bsky.social · 2y ago

This should be changed asap. If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement

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

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Jon Featonby@jonfeatonby.bsky.social · 2y ago

There are some clear concerns about the Border Security Bill introduced today, but it is definitely a good thing that a lot of the Illegal Migration Act is due to will be repealed. The "asylum ban" could have been allowed to just sit on the statute book unused, so deleting it completely is welcome.

Victoria Derbyshire@vicderbyshire.bsky.social · 2y ago

Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…

Dr Jo Wilding@jowilding.bsky.social · 2y ago

My article on legal aid (what else?) in Solicitors Journal. www.solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/le... Contract tenders every 5 years already replaced with 'always on' contract applications; now Lord Chancellor and MoJ need to look at using LASPO s1&2 powers to regrow legal aid in the advice deserts

Legal aid: the need to re-grow from the desert

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

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Dr Jo Wilding@jowilding.bsky.social · 2y ago

Lack of legal aid lawyers poses threat to Starmer’s asylum pledge, experts say www.theguardian.com/law/2024/nov... My data ahows 57% deficit in asylum legal aid provision. Huge human cost but also financial cost in delays. @heidialexander.bsky.social

Lack of legal aid lawyers poses threat to Starmer’s asylum pledge, experts say

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

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Free Movement@freemovement.bsky.social · 2y ago

In case you missed it: Inspection report concludes that Brook House is less safe than two years ago | Sonia Lenegan https://freemovement.org.uk/inspection-report-concludes-that-brook-house-is-less-safe-than-two-years-ago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspection-report-concludes-that-b…

Inspection report concludes that Brook House is less safe than two years ago - Free Movement

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

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