22.10.08 Judgment handed down by the House of Lords in the case of Re EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKHL 64
The House of Lords allowed the appeal, setting aside the orders below and quashing the Secretary of State's decision that the mother and child must returned to Lebanon. The child was represented by Henry Setright QC, Teertha Gupta and Margaret Phelan. A full transcript of the judgment can be found at: http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/ldjudgmt/jd081022/leban-1.htm