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Cleverly avoids contempt proceedings

But home secretary ‘stands rebuked’ for breaching undertaking and other errors

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Joshua Rozenberg
Jan 30, 2024
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A High Court judge has stopped short of launching contempt of court proceedings against the home secretary James Cleverly despite his department’s “shockingly poor” handling of an entry clearance application by a Palestinian student that involved nine serious errors.

In a judgment published by the Upper Tribunal this morning, Mrs Justice Steyn said:

The …

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