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Mind Your Gaps: 10 Years Lawful Residence, ILR & Hoque
New Video - Mind Your Gaps: 10 Years Lawful Residence, ILR & Hoque In this video I analyse the recent Court of Appeal decision in Hoque & Ors v The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA Civ 1357 (22 October 2020) which gives important guidance on Rule 276B and the more...
Another Helpful Deportation Decision from the Court of Appeal: KB (Jamaica)
New Video: Another Helpful Deportation Decision from the Court of Appeal: KB (Jamaica) In this video I summarise the helpful decision in KB (Jamaica) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1385 (28 October 2020) where the Court of Appeal restore the decision of the FTT allowing more...
29 Oct 2020 13:44
Home Office Removals Policy Unlawful, holds Court of AppealR ((1) FB (Afghanistan) (2) Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1338 On 21/10/2020, the Court of Appeal ruled that the Home Office’s removal window policy (‘the Policy’) was unlawful. The Policy incorporated an unacceptable risk of interference with the more...
19 Oct 2020 08:36
The UK Internal Market Bill and the Mother of all Ouster Clauses – Ronan CormacainThe United Kingdom Internal Market Bill is due for second reading in the House of Lords on 19 October 2020. It is not an understatement to say that the Bill contains provisions which represent one of the most egregious assaults on the Rule of Law in recent times, nor is it an understatement to say more...
Immigration Law Conversations: Article 8, Deportation & HA (Iraq)
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: Article 8, Deportation & HA (Iraq) In this follow up Immigration Law Conversation Stephen Vokes and Emma Rutherford discuss the very important decision of HA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA Civ 1176 (04 September more...
Human Rights in the Time of Coronavirus
(The following article originally appeared in the CCBE Handbook for European Lawyers' Day on 25th October, 2020). The 17th century philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, posits a primitive society in which men pursue their selfish aims and life is “nasty, brutish and short”. He explains that society becomes more...
12 Oct 2020 08:29
Schrems 2 for the UK? CJEU Ruling Threatens Future Adequacy TalksThe CJEU ruled on Tuesday that Directive 2002/58/EC (‘the Directive’) precludes national legislation from ordering telecommunication companies to transfer data in a “general and indiscriminate” manner to security agencies, even for purposes of national security. This is following a challenge by more...
Deportation, Unduly Harsh and Errors of Law
New Video: Deportation, Unduly Harsh and Errors of Law In this video I go through the recent Court of Appeal decision AA (Nigeria) v Secretary of State [2020] EWCA Civ 1296 (09 October 2020) which gives some helpful guidance on Article 8 deportation appeals, the unduly harsh test and the wider more...
New UK Immigration Route: Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa
New Video - New UK Immigration Route: Hong Kong British National (Overseas) Visa In this video I go through the new immigration route from BN(O)s which will open from January 2021 and the provisions for those who need to apply for lease to remain outside of the rules before the new visa opens. The more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: August 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: August 2020 In this series I summarise the reported decisions of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber for 2020 tackling them a month at a time. In this video I look at the reported decisions for August 2020 covering preserving more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: July 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: July 2020 In this series I summarise the reported decisions of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber for 2020 tackling them a month at a time. In this video I look at the reported decisions for July 2020 covering mistakes in PTA more...
25 Sep 2020 15:09
The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) BillThe Overseas Operations Bill (Service Personnel and Veterans) passed its second reading in the House of Commons on Wednesday 23rd September 2020. The main purpose of the Bill is to provide greater legal protections to Armed Forces personnel and veterans serving on military operations overseas. The more...
23 Sep 2020 08:23
Do people care about judicial and magistrates’ diversity any more?Once the diversity of the judiciary, or rather the lack of it, made national news. But it’s years since the subject has created waves. Liz Truss was the last Lord Chancellor to champion change. So it is off the front page because the problem is solved? Far from it. New figures suggest the magistracy more...
21 Sep 2020 08:48
CJEU Provides First Ruling on Net Neutrality RegulationsTelenor Magyarország Zrt. Jv Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke, Joined Cases C‑807/18 and C‑39/19 The CJEU has ruled, in a first for that regulation, that the use of “Zero Tariff” contracts are inconsistent with its “Open Internet” regulation (Regulation 2015/2120). The regulation “aims more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: June 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: June 2020 In this series I summarise the reported decisions of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber for 2020 tackling them a month at a time. In this video I look at the reported decisions for June 2020 on tax discrepancy cases, more...
15 Sep 2020 11:56
Breaking international law: the UK is biting off its nose to spite its face — Dr Sean MolloyThe UK Internal Market Bill has caused huge controversy. Much has been written about the UK Government’s decision to propose this legislation which, as conveyed by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis MP, in Parliament, would openly flout international law (see, for example, more...
Immigration Law Conversations: Sponsoring Foreign Workers and the New Points Based System
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: Sponsoring Foreign Workers and the New Points Based System In this informal Immigration Law Conversation I chat to Gary McIndoe Managing Director of Latitude Law. We discuss sponsoring foreign workers under the government’s new January 2021 points based more...
8 Sep 2020 12:45
The Right to Privacy, Surveillance-by-Software and the “Home-Workplace” – Philippa CollinsThis article was first published on the UK Labour Law Blog ( @labour_blog). We repost it with the kind permission of Dr Philippa Collins (@DrPMCollins at Exeter University) and the editors of the Labour Law Blog One of the lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic upon the world of work is likely to more...
Home Office Family Policy: Coronavirus Concessions
New Video - Home Office Family Policy: Coronavirus Concessions In this short video I look at the Coronavirus Concessions contained in the Home Office Family Policy ‘Family life (as a partner or parent), private life and exceptional circumstances’ (Version 10.0 18 August 2020). The concessions at more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: May 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: May 2020 In this series I summarise the reported decisions of the Upper Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber for 2020 tackling them a month at a time. In this video I look at the reported decisions for May 2020 on Afghanistan, Home Office more...
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