Government strongly backs Home Office social work agency as BASW seeks abolition

Government strongly backs Home Office social work agency as BASW seeks abolition

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. The government has strongly backed the Home Office social work agency charged with assessing the ages of unaccompanied asylum seekers where this is disputed. Border security and asylum minister Angela Eagle said the National Age Assessment Board (NAAB) “offers significant improvements” to the process of assessing the ages of young people se…

EAT clarifies correct approach to “gisting” of information in national security cases: Home Office v Shah [2025] EAT 75 - Old Square Chambers

The EAT handed down judgment this week in Home Office v Shah, setting out useful guidance on the principles that should be applied by Employment Judges when dealing with requests for information to be provided to a Claimant about the nature of a Respondent’s CLOSED defence to their claim (within proceedings under the national security rules of procedure).   Factual Background Mr Shah was an Immigration Officer, who was suspended and ultimately l…