Attorney general’s staff contact human rights lawyers at chambers associated with judicial reviews against Home Office

Barristers’ chambers whose lawyers helped defeat the Rwanda scheme at the supreme court have been approached by the attorney general’s office to advise on the next steps for the plans, in a highly unusual move.

The attorney general, Victoria Prentis has been, tasked with drawing up a watertight Rwanda bill, and her staff have contacted human rights lawyers at barristers’ chambers associated with judicial reviews against the Home Office, asking if counsel will examine the draft legislation, the Guardian has learned.

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