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Row over face veil halts tribunal | Row over face veil halts tribunal |
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An immigration tribunal has been adjourned after a lawyer refused to remove her veil. | An immigration tribunal has been adjourned after a lawyer refused to remove her veil. |
The lawyer, appearing at a hearing in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, was twice asked by Judge George Glossop to remove her face veil but refused to do so. | The lawyer, appearing at a hearing in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, was twice asked by Judge George Glossop to remove her face veil but refused to do so. |
He then adjourned the hearing, about an appeal over a visitor's visa, to take advice about how to proceed. | He then adjourned the hearing, about an appeal over a visitor's visa, to take advice about how to proceed. |
A Tribunals Service spokeswoman said the matter had been referred to the service's president for advice. | |
"We haven't come across this before, no precedent has been set," she said. | "We haven't come across this before, no precedent has been set," she said. |
Refused again | Refused again |
The lawyer, whose name has not been confirmed, was acting for a man appealing against a Home Office decision to deny a family member a visitor's visa. | |
She refused a request to remove her veil and the hearing was adjourned until later in the day. | She refused a request to remove her veil and the hearing was adjourned until later in the day. |
When it reconvened she was asked for a second time and again she refused. | |
The judge is seeking advice from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal's president, Sir Henry Hodge. | |
The tribunal is due to resume on Monday. | The tribunal is due to resume on Monday. |
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