I’ve just been doing the appeal on a not-terribly-well-prepared spouse case. It was a frustrating experience as the appeal may fail, although the case might potentially have been a strong one. It is difficult to tell where the fault lies for the problems in the preparation of the case, however. It could be the solicitor [...]
A few weeks ago, Channel 4 showed a documentary as part of the Unreported World series. The title was Mugabe’s Reign of Terror. The production company, Quicksilver Media, have taken the view that the programme is in the public domain and have made the transcript available, although they [...]
The framework for immigration control is mainly contained in the Immigration Act 1971. This has been amended by major pieces of primary legislation in 1988, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006 and probably also in 2007 by the UK Borders Bill currently before Parliament. Each Act has involved an overhaul of existing immigration law [...]
Via a comment left on this site, I’ve been made aware of an excellent blog called EU Case Law, which I’ve added to my ‘blogroll’. It’s a really good way of keeping up to date with the latest legal developments in Europe and certainly covers free movement issues, as today’s update [...]
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- Vintage Mash: May ‘thought illegal immigrants had tentacles’ thedailymash.co.uk/politics/polit… 11 hours ago
- Border hopefuls queueing long enough to gain citizenship thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/b… 11 hours ago
- Article 3 medical treatment cases are worth fighting, grim case of GS (India) overturned: freemovement.org.uk/2012/05/17/gs-… 17 hours ago
- RT @Paul_Dillane: New UKBA Operational Guidance Note on DRC. Section on returns of particular interest - bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/do… 1 day ago
- RT @Paul_Dillane: UKBA issue its first Operational Guidance Note on Gambia. Very helpful bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/do… 1 day ago
Immigration cases- R (on the application of SS)v London Borough of Croydon (AAJR) [2012] UKUT 139 (IAC) (16 May 2012) 16 May 2012
- R (on the application of ES) v London Borough of Hounslow (AAJR) [2012] UKUT 138 (IAC) (15 May 2012) 16 May 2012
- MK (documents - relocation) Iraq CG [2012] UKUT 126 (IAC) (25 April 2012) 14 May 2012
- Mumu (paragraph 320; Article 8; scope) Bangladesh [2012] UKUT 143 (IAC) (14 May 2012) 14 May 2012
- Ahmadi (s.47 decision: validity; Sapkota) Afghanistan [2012] UKUT 147 (IAC) (14 May 2012) 14 May 2012
- Buama (inter-country adoption - competent court) Ghana [2012] UKUT 146 (IAC) (14 May 2012) 14 May 2012
- Barnett and others (EEA Regulations: rights and documentation) Jamaica [2012] UKUT 142 (IAC) (14 May 2012) 14 May 2012
- LK (Somalia)), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 1229 (Admin) (10 May 2012) 10 May 2012
UK Border Agency- Removing full right of appeal for family visitors 10 May 2012
- Scrapping family visitor appeal rights will save millions 10 May 2012
- Service disruption at public enquiry offices 4 May 2012
- Child experts recruited to Family Returns Panel 25 April 2012
- Tier 2 certificates of sponsorship allocations for 2012/13 20 April 2012
Immigration news- Damian Green questioned by MPs over Heathrow delays: Politics live blog 18 May 2012
- In this week's New Statesman: European Crisis 17 May 2012
- New rules on overseas students 'will cost universities billions' 17 May 2012
- Dissenting Tories pushed out of backbench committee 17 May 2012
- Europe’s endgame 16 May 2012
Policy and research- Why asking the public to report irregular migrants to the UKBA is the wrong path to go down 17 May 2012
- "Home Office plans are too harsh" - Letter to the editor 16 May 2012
- Maps/Multimedia 16 May 2012
- Focus on Africa/Africans 16 May 2012
- Focus on Statelessness 15 May 2012
- The Free Movement blog is written mainly by barristers in the immigration team at Renaissance Chambers
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