No right to face-to-face legal advice in detention

Immigration detainees don’t have a right to face-to-face legal advice, the Court of Appeal has held in R (on the application of SPM) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] EWCA Civ 764. SPM was held at Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre in early 2022. At the time, there were no nearby firms contracted … Continue reading No right to face-to-face legal advice in detention