Patel briefs Pannick

Home secretary to be represented by two QCs in Rwanda challenge

I hear that Lord Pannick QC is to represent the home secretary in the High Court next month at a hearing to decide whether Priti Patel can lawfully send asylum-seekers to Rwanda. The barrister will appear alongside Sir James Eadie QC, who as first treasury counsel takes on the most demanding cases for the government.

The two QCs, both members of Blacksto…