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Immigration Law Update Seminar Video: COVID-19 Changes and Latest Case Law
Immigration Law Update Seminar Video: COVID-19 Changes and Latest Case Law This online seminar was hosted by The Bushra Ali Group with Adam Pipe & Emma Rutherford from No8 Chambers. Emma looked at developments in policy and procedure as a result of COVID-19 and Adam gave a Immigration, Asylum and more...
AM (Zimbabwe) & Article 3 Medical Cases
New Video: AM (Zimbabwe) & Article 3 Medical Cases In this Immigration Law Update Video I look at Article 3 and Medical Cases in the light of the Supreme Court judgment in AM (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 17 (29 April 2020) which allowed the Appellant’s appeal more...
Catch Up on My Latest Free Immigration Law Update Videos
Over the last few months I have tried to be more regular with my YouTube videos. If you haven’t watched them here is a hyperlinked list of the recent ones which may well be of interest. The longer seminar videos are great for claiming CPD and there is also the yoga video to help with your physical more...
HOME OFFICE POLICIES IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
In response to the Coronavirus, and the Government measures to combat it, the Home Office have introduced a number of new policies. The situation is fluid and changing on a very frequent basis so practitioners should take care to check the latest position on the UKVI website. This post was drafted more...
New Immigration Law Update Videos
I have put together some new short Immigration Law update videos. I hope that they are helpful. For more detailed training sign up to one of my upcoming seminars in Birmingham or London via HJT, MBL Seminars or The Solicitors Group. New Videos: Immigration Law Update: New Country Guidance Iran more...
4 Dec 2019 11:14
Supreme Court unanimously rules detention of asylum seekers pending removal was unlawfulR (Hemmati and others) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] UKSC 56 In a significant public law decision, the Supreme Court dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal and held that the policy governing detention pending removal fails to comply with the Dublin III Regulation as it lacks more...
27 Nov 2019 10:24
Serco’s Evictions of Asylum Seekers in the Scottish Courts: A Question of Public Authorities in the Human Rights Act 1998Ali (Iraq) v Serco Ltd [2019] CSIH 54 The Inner House of the Court of Session has ruled that Serco Limited acted lawfully when evicting a failed asylum seeker from temporary accommodation in Glasgow without first obtaining a court order. This is the same conclusion that was drawn by the Outer House more...
Applying to FTT for PTA to UT: time limit
If you read beyond the head note in Bhavsar (late application for PTA: procedure : South Africa) [2019] UKUT 196 (IAC) (12 April 2019) you will see that the Tribunal look at rule 33(2) FTT procedure rules which states: (2) ... an application under paragraph (1) must be sent to the Tribunal so that more...
24 Oct 2019 12:26
Post-Brexit Immigration and Recruitment to the Veterinary SectorEU/EEA/CH contribution to the Veterinary Profession. According to The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons there are 23,220 vets working in the UK[1]. Speaking at the Official Veterinarian Conference 2017, Nigel Gibbens (former CVO) told his audience “more than 90% of people working within the FSA more...
Immigration Law Update: Entrepreneurs, Innovators and Appendix W
Immigration Law Update: Entrepreneurs, Innovators and Appendix W In this brief video I look at the closing of the entrepreneur category, the new routes under Appendix W and some alternatives. For more details book on to one of my upcoming seminars. more...
Article 8 & Families with Children Update
In this short video I give an update on developments in Article 8 cases involving families with children following KO (Nigeria) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2018] UKSC 53 (24 October 2018). I hope it is useful. more...
Upcoming Immigration Law Training Events: Birmingham, London, Manchester & Online
Here is a quick list of my upcoming immigration law training events through various organisations. I have provided links to the online booking forms. Book now and do come and say hello. There are a range of events and locations across the country. Adam Immigration Update - Article 8 and More Webinar more...
11 Sep 2019 10:21
Right of appeal against refusal of a residence card: the conclusionThe question of whether non-married partners and wider dependent relatives (e.g. grown-up children) of EEA nationals (known as ‘extended family members’) have a right of appeal against a decision by the Home Secretary to refuse them a residence card under the EEA Regulations has had a fraught recent more...
20 Aug 2019 10:10
Father of Islamic State fighter fails in judicial review claimR (on the application of Abdullah Muhammad Rafiqul Islam) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWHC 2169 (Admin) In a case that was described as “the first such case to have come on for hearing before this court” and one that shares many similarities with the tabloid-grabbing story of more...
7 Aug 2019 11:28
Chloe Ashley secures acquittal in conspiracy to circumvent immigration rules caseChloe Ashley secures acquittal in conspiracy to circumvent immigration rules case. Chloe represented Mr Hussain, a 46 year old man of good character, in a four-week trial before Sheffield Crown Court. Although the case involved nine defendants, he was one of only three defendants acquitted. His more...
31 Jul 2019 14:58
Disclosure of material from care proceedings to the policeThe Court of Appeal has held in Re M (Children) (Disclosure to the Police) [2019] EWCA Civ 1364, that the Re C test for disclosure of material from care proceedings to the police remains good law after 23 years, and in the light of the Human Rights Act 1996, but with the qualification that more...
10 Years Lawful Residence & Periods of Overstaying
I have set out below the key extracts from Ahmed, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1070 (21 June 2019) where the Court of Appeal give guidance on whether paragraph 276B(v) operates so as to cure short 'gaps' between periods of LTR and thus more...
27 Jun 2019 09:27
Secretary of State had not had due regard to Equality Act 2010, S 149(1)(B) when widening vulnerable persons resettlement schemeTurani & Ors v SSHD [2019] EWHC 1586 (Admin) The application for judicial review of the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme (“the Scheme”), brought by four Palestinian refugees from Syria, who fled the conflict to Lebanon, succeeds. The Court determined that the Secretary of State had failed to more...
24 Jun 2019 10:48
Ben Lask and Harry Gillow win in the Court of Appeal: Secretary of State for the Home Department v Denis Viscu [2019] EWCA Civ 1052In a judgment handed down today, the Court of Appeal has decided that the term “imprisonment” in the Immigration (EEA) Regulations 2016 includes custodial sentences passed on minors and young offenders. The result is that, in principle, such sentences break the continuity of residence that is more...
Home Office Policy Document: Suspension of enforced removal window
Home Office Policy Document: Suspension of enforced removal window This new policy document was published on 3 April 2019 and is the SSHD’s policy in response to the Medical Justice JR in which interim relief has been granted: more...
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