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R (Raissi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Author / Contributor: John Jones QC
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R (Raissi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
   
Issue: Whether the Home Secretary’s scheme for making ex gratia payments to those wrongly detained applied to persons detained in connection with extradition proceedings; if so, whether the claimant had been “completely exonerated” for the purposes of the scheme, or the Home Secretary was unreasonable in not finding the case to be wholly exceptional.
   
Court: Administrative Court
   
Reference:   CO/5091/2005
   
Neutral Citation:   [2007] EWHC 243 (Admin)
   
Judge(s): Auld LJ, Wilkie J
   
Date: 22 February 2007