Govan Law Centre adds new case to challenge against Serco

The proceedings are against Serco Group plc, Compass SNI Ltd, and the Home Secretary.

The new action concerns a woman told to leave her home by Serco after her husband’s asylum application was unsuccessful, despite having further legal options.

GLC plans to argue this case together with its current Court of Session action for an Iranian national threatened with a lock change eviction by Serco.

Mike Dailly, Govan Law Centre principal solicitor, said: “Following the successful European Court of Human Rights case of Panyushkiny v. Russia [2018] H.L.R 7, we believe an asylum seeker at risk of eviction has the right to challenge the proportionality of that eviction before an independent tribunal as a matter of human rights law.

“GLC believes Serco’s Move on Protocol is unlawful and incompatible with the 1998 Human Rights Act, and it is incumbent upon Serco to place it’s entire policy on hold in Scotland, pending Scotland’s Supreme Court having an opportunity to consider and rule on this issue”.