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Submissions of the Intervener: The Queen (on the Application of B) v The Director of the Legal Aid Casework, International Journal of Refugee Law, Volume 26, Issue 4, December 2014, Pages 700–715, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijrl/eeu064
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C1/2014/2245
In the Court of Appeal, Civil division,
On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen’s bench division
Administrative court (Mr Justice Collins)
Between:
The Queen (on the Application of B) (Claimant/Respondent)
v
The Director of the Legal Aid Casework (Defendant/Appellant)
-and-
The British Red Cross Society (Intervener)
References in form [AB/Vol/Tab/Page No.] are to the Joint List of Authorities Bundle and those in form [B/Tab/Page No.] are to the bundle of documents served with these Submissions
A. INTRODUCTION: THE STANDING AND INTEREST OF THE INTERVENER
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B. SCOPE OF THE INTERVENTION
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‘The right of the family member of a refugee to enter or remain in the United Kingdom under the Immigration Rules (the right of family unity) is a right “arising from” the Refugee Convention and legal services in relation to an application for leave to enter or remain as the family member of a refugee are “civil legal services” within the meaning of s 9 and paragraph 30 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 of LASPO and therefore within scope of legal aid [...]’