Court of Appeal upholds unlawfulness of age assessment: Martin Westgate QC and 3PB barrister Joshua Dubin win for a second time
3rd November 2017
Martin Westgate QC, of Doughty Street Chambers, and Joshua DubinJoshua DubinCall: 1997, of 3PB’s Public & Regulatory Law Group, have won a second Court of Appeal victory in a young Eritrean woman’s challenge to Bedford Borough Council’s refusal to provide her with services.
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