Medico-Legal Reports and their Importance in Immigration & Asylum Proceedings

Goldsmith Immigration and Public Law Team was delighted to present this webinar on Medico-Legal Reports in Immigration and Asylum Proceedings.
Senior practitioners Charlotte Bayati, Samina Iqbal & Sarah Pinder with Dr Juliet Cohen - Head of Doctors, Freedom from Torture discuss key aspects and updates when commissioning, considering and using medico-legal reports (MLRs).
Together, they explore:
- Commissioning and using MLRs in Covid times
- The API and how this relates to MLRs
- How we can use the recently disclosed guidance on how to consider MLRs in unlawful detention cases
- MLRs in asylum and other relevant cases touching on the Supreme Court's judgment in KV v SSHD and other relevant recent cases
- The proposals in New Immigration Plan to instruct joint experts.