- Supreme Court finds treatment of skilled worker unfair
- Judge orders asylum seeker with baby rehoused, describes government attitude as “chilling”
- Court of Appeal confirms change of course in deportation appeals
- Court of Appeal backs judge who ordered asylum seeker brought back to the UK
- Tribunal says no general risk to Nuba in Sudan
Supreme Court finds treatment of skilled worker unfair
The Supreme Court held today in R (on the application of Pathan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 41 that the Home Office’s treatment of a Tier 2 skilled worker, Mr Pathan, was unfair. Mr Pathan had applied for an ex ...
23rd October 2020Removal policy breaches common law right of access to a court
Hot on the heels of this summer’s confected controversy over last minute legal challenges to removals of asylum seekers, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the Home Office’s ‘removal window’ policy is unlawful because it denies ...
22nd October 2020Strasbourg reiterates importance of access to justice in national security deportation cases
Imagine being accused of a crime. Now imagine you’re not told what that crime is. Then imagine a whole trial taking place without you being told what you’ve done and without you seeing any documents to prove it. Every time the top-secret evidence ...
22nd October 2020Court of Appeal confirms change of course in deportation appeals
In AA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1296 the Court of Appeal has considered its first deportation appeal since the important case of HA (Iraq) v SSHD [2020] EWCA Civ 1176. It confirms that the “unduly har ...
12th October 2020Court of Appeal backs judge who ordered asylum seeker brought back to the UK
The Court of Appeal has rejected an attempt by the Home Office to overturn a High Court order to bring an asylum seeker who had been removed under the unlawful Detained Fast Track system back to the UK. The case is R (PN (Uganda)) v Secretary of State ...
29th September 2020Tribunal says no general risk to Nuba in Sudan
KAM (Nuba – return) Sudan CG [2020] UKUT 269 (IAC) is the first country guidance decision about the risk to the Nuba people on return to Sudan. The Upper Tribunal’s main finding is that there is no general risk to Nuba in either their home ...
22nd September 2020