Author: Rebecca Carr

Rebecca Carr

Rebecca Carr

Rebecca is a freelance paralegal based in London and is accredited as a Senior Caseworker under the Law Society’s Immigration and Asylum Accreditation Scheme. Rebecca completed an LLB at the London School of Economics; she has an LLM from the University of Toronto and has completed the BPTC.

In a recent decision from Strasbourg, the European Court of Human Rights has found the UK Home Office unlawfully detained a Zimbabwean national. The Court found that the UK authorities had failed to act with sufficient “due diligence” in progressing the Applicant’s case, leading to him being detained for over...

3rd July 2017
BY Rebecca Carr

The Home Office has been criticised by the Court of Appeal for its “confused” and “messy” legal analysis in the matter of Secretary of State for the Home Department v Mosira [2017] EWCA Civ 407. The Secretary of State sought to apply refugee cessation provisions to a non-refugee deportee; rigidly...

26th June 2017
BY Rebecca Carr

Substantial damages of £10,500 have been awarded to a claimant who was unlawfully detained for a period of 70 days. The Home Office had failed to serve the Claimant with notice of a decision on his application to vary his leave to remain in the UK before detaining him, rendering...

7th June 2017
BY Rebecca Carr
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