- When are costs in a Cart type judicial review decided?
- Costs against the tribunal after it tries to ban solicitors from Birmingham
- Government can be liable for costs in Cart type judicial review cases
- No costs awarded for successful unlawful detention claim
- Court of Appeal guidance on costs in ETS cases
How new visa rules on invalidity will create more overstayers
The Home Office recently introduced a set of new validity requirements for visa applications under the Points Based Immigration System, such as the Skilled Worker route. This is significant because an invalid application doesn’t extend your permissi ...
23rd December 2020Country guidance changes affect pending decisions if not already sent out to the parties
Pending asylum appeals in Scotland can be affected by changes to country guidance right up to the point when they are sent out to the parties to the case, even if the judge has already signed off on his or decision, according to the Upper Tribunal in ...
22nd December 2020New Civil Procedure Rules on translating witness statements catch claimant out
In April 2020, the Civil Procedure Rules were updated with significant changes made to the rules about witness statements filed by non-English speakers. The new rules are of obvious interest to immigration lawyers and Diamond v Secretary of State for ...
9th December 2020Immigration and nationality fees unchanged for 2020/21
The list of fees for immigration and nationality applications was updated on 1 December 2020 to reflect the new or rebranded visa routes introduced on that date. The actual amounts are unchanged, though, and indeed application fees have mostly been f ...
8th December 2020Number of immigration cases heard by the Court of Appeal to be radically cut
The government wants to make it much harder to appeal from the tribunal system to the Court of Appeal. The Ministry of Justice is consulting on changes — sorry, “reforms” — where appeals that have already been heard in both the ...
3rd December 2020Six ways the pandemic has actually improved the immigration system
2020 has presented huge challenges for people trying to navigate the immigration system, for immigration advisers trying to support them, and for the Home Office and the courts. At Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) we’ve analysed six i ...
2nd December 2020