- Getting permission to remain in the UK as an adult dependent relative: not likely
- High Court finds the EU Settlement Scheme rules for Zambrano carers unlawful
- Can you get compensation if an immigration officer acts unlawfully?
- Rehabilitative work in the community no barrier to deportation
- Game-changer for Sri Lankan Tamil activists seeking asylum in the UK
Getting permission to remain in the UK as an adult dependent relative: not likely
Since the introduction of highly restrictive rules for adult dependent relatives there have been numerous stories, all desperately sad, of parents trying and failing to join or remain with their children in the UK. Mobeen v Secretary of State for the ...
16th June 2021Can you get compensation if an immigration officer acts unlawfully?
This is the question addressed by Scotland’s Sheriff Appeal Court in Galbraith Trawlers Limited v Advocate General for Scotland [2021] SAC (Civ) 15. Fishing boats impounded over illegal immigration charges In 2015, an immigration officer issued lett ...
9th June 2021Rehabilitative work in the community no barrier to deportation
In Jallow v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 788 the Court of Appeal looked at the weight that should be given to the rehabilitation of a foreign national offender in their appeal against deportation. Not a great deal, conclu ...
9th June 2021Game-changer for Sri Lankan Tamil activists seeking asylum in the UK
The new Sri Lanka country guidance judgment in KK and RS (Sur place activities, risk) Sri Lanka (CG) [2021] UKUT 130 (IAC) “clarifies and supplements” the previous decision in GJ and others [2013] UKUT 319 (IAC) “with particular reference to sur ...
7th June 2021High Court condemns treatment of asylum seekers unlawfully held at Napier barracks
The High Court has condemned the treatment of asylum seekers crammed into a former military barracks in Kent. In a judgment laying bare the vile conditions at Napier barracks, Mr Justice Linden found that the site did not meet minimum legal standards ...
3rd June 2021Murderer’s bid to be deported foiled by extradition request
A convicted murderer and father of a Portuguese football star has lost a legal challenge arguing for his own deportation in order to get out of prison earlier than the Parole Board will allow. The case is R (Lopes) v Secretary of State for the Home De ...
3rd June 2021