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Garden Court Chambers | Wednesday 20 March 2013
Mark Symes acting in removal of asylum seekers test case
Mark Symes is part of the legal team acting for the Appellants in EM (Eritrea) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 1336, challenging the lawfulness of removing asylum seekers to inadequate reception conditions in another
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Garden Court Chambers | Monday 25 February 2013
European Court of Human Rights split on returning disabled man to Afghanistan
Mark Symes has acted for the Applicant in SHH v United Kingdom 60367/10 - HEJUD [2013] ECHR 102 (29 January 2013), in which the European Court of Human Rights split 4:3, the majority finding that it would not contravene the right to be free from inhuman a
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