- The irremovables: what happens to national security threats who cannot be deported?
- Supreme Court decides meaning of “precarious immigration status” and “financially independent”
- Special court denies British citizenship to relatives of Bashar Al-Assad
- More on false documents from the Court of Appeal
- Family of four face removal for failing to tick box on visa application form
Family of four face removal for failing to tick box on visa application form
Invalid applications: in recent years, this has become one of the trickiest and dense parts of our immigration law. It’s one of my favourite areas because it’s so interesting and technical (as those of you who attended the Immigration Law Mastercl ...
13th November 2018Major court win for trafficking victims as subsistence payment cut is reversed
In a robust judgment yesterday, the High Court found the decision of the Home Office to cut weekly benefits to asylum-seeking victims of trafficking was unlawful. The rate was previously set at £65 per week and was dramatically cut by 42% from 1 Ma ...
9th November 2018Appeal against refusal of EEA residence card does not suspend removal, High Court confirms
The High Court’s recent decision in R (Shafikul Islam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2939 (Admin) is yet another case on the vexed issue of whether appeals against refusals of EEA residence cards are suspensive of removal ...
8th November 2018Court of Appeal: a false document is one thing, deception another
In Chanda v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 2424 the Court of Appeal grappled with paragraph 322(1A) of the Immigration Rules. The court looked briefly at the considerations that arise out of a false document and a finding o ...
6th November 2018Courts foil Home Office attempt to hamstring Surinder Singh rights
The Court of Appeal in Secretary of State for the Home Department v Christy [2018] EWCA Civ 2378 has comprehensively rejected an argument by the Home Office seeking to limit the obligation to consider “Surinder Singh” applications by exte ...
30th October 2018Failure to carry out proper medical assessment makes detention unlawful
This case is an unlawful detention claim based on shocking failures by the Home Office to comply with rules on how victims of torture and trafficking should be treated. In R (SW) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWHC 2684 (Admin), t ...
25th October 2018