- Court of Appeal guidance on costs in ETS cases
- Failure to carry out proper medical assessment makes detention unlawful
- New guidance on costs awards against the Home Office could transform immigration appeals
- No costs awarded despite “clearly unfounded” certification being withdrawn
- Tribunal opens door to awards of costs against Home Office for unreasonable behaviour
“Hamid” disciplinary hearings in the High Court
In the short but landmark judgment of R (Hamid) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 3070 (Admin), the High Court affirmed that it has the power to oversee the conduct of lawyers in immigration cases. Judges have regularly used the ...
23rd April 2019Who decides when an immigration appeal ends?
When someone pursuing an appeal in the immigration tribunal decides that they no longer want the appeal to go ahead, who gets to decide when the appeal comes to an end? The person themselves, the tribunal, or the Home Office? In July 2017, Mr Justice ...
17th April 2019More relief for legal aid lawyers: government gives ground on judicial review work
Hard on the heels of one legal aid climb-down by the Lord Chancellor comes another. The government has conceded that legal aid lawyers can be paid for their work on a judicial review case where the decision being challenged is withdrawn while an oral ...
14th March 2019Most immigration and nationality fees frozen for 2019/20
The updated list of fees for immigration and nationality applications that apply from 29 March 2019 shows that most remain unchanged from this year. The amount the Home Office has been charging to process visa, settlement and citizenship applications ...
12th March 2019Tribunal guidance on raising long residence during appeals process
The President of the Upper Tribunal’s decision in OA and others (human rights; ‘new matter’; s.120) Nigeria [2019] UKUT 65 (IAC) has added another layer of complexity to an already biased and convoluted system. Readers are probably au fa ...
4th March 2019Chief disciplinary judge calls in regulators over shambolic immigration litigation
The High Court has called in the Solicitors Regulation Authority and the Director of Public Prosecutions over the conduct of a shambolic citizenship case. The judgment is Jetly & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] E ...
27th February 2019