Exclusive: home secretary advised odds of defending legality of Channel crossings pushback ‘less than 30%’
Priti Patel has been warned by government lawyers that she is likely to lose a legal challenge if she implements plans to turn around small boats in the Channel, leaked documents show.
Counsel has told the home secretary that the odds of successfully defending a challenge in the courts against the lawfulness of plans to send vessels carrying people back to France is “less than 30%”.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/nov/10/priti-patel-warned-she-could-lose-legal-tussle-in-bid-to-turn-back-migrant-boats
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