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'Activist Lawyers' - Not Activist At All
It is important to note from the offset of this short article that this is not intended to be a comment on the politics of refugees entering the UK, nor is it intended to try to pursuade the reader of any particular point of view on that issue. However, this short article is about highlighting the more...
Immigration cases 2020—January to June review
Immigration cases 2020—January to June review Check out this PDF case law review I wrote for LexisPSL Immigration. I review the key cases from January to June 2020 covering successful challenges to the No Recourse to Public Funds and Fee Waiver policies, Article 3 and Article 8 updates, para 322(5) more...
Immigration Law Conversations: Deportation, Unduly Harsh & Very Compelling Circumstances
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: Deportation, Unduly Harsh & Very Compelling Circumstances In this Immigration Law Conversation Stephen Vokes and Emma Rutherford discuss Article 8 in deportation cases, the unduly harsh and very compelling circumstances test. Below are the citations and more...
27 Aug 2020 08:14
Force feeding not in anorexia patient’s best interestsNorthamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust v AB [2020] EWCOP 40 In this carefully nuanced judgment, the Court of Protection has ruled that although a patient with a chronic eating disorder would in all probability face death she did not gain weight, it would not be in her best interests to more...
24 Aug 2020 15:20
Alexei Navalny evacuated to Germany: European Court of Human Rights orders interim measures against RussiaOn Saturday morning, Russian opposition politician and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny was flown, in a coma, from a hospital in Siberia to Berlin for medical treatment. On Friday, the European Court of Human Rights had granted interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court, requiring more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: April 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: April 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 April 2020 on dependency for extended more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: March 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: March 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 March 2020 which include decisions on more...
Immigration Law Conversations: Digital Immigration Appeals
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: Digital Immigration Appeals In this Immigration Law Conversation I chat to Christopher Cole, Head of Immigration at Parker Rhodes Hickmotts Solicitors about digital appeals in the First-tier Tribunal Immigration and Asylum Chamber. Our conversation includes more...
6 Aug 2020 16:26
Government Scraps Immigration “Streaming Tool” before Judicial ReviewIn response to a legal challenge brought by the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI), the Home Office has scrapped an algorithm used for sorting visa applications. Represented by Foxglove, a legal non-profit specialising in data privacy law, JCWI launched judicial review proceedings,, more...
Tax Discrepancy Cases: §322(5), Dishonesty and Accountants’ Evidence
New Video - Tax Discrepancy Cases: §322(5), Dishonesty and Accountants’ Evidence In this immigration law update video I look at three recent tax discrepancy cases concerning §322(5), dishonesty and evidence from accountants. The citations and links to the cases are below: Abbasi (rule 43; para 322(5 more...
3 Aug 2020 16:28
Manchester Arena Inquiry challenge dismissedThe High Court has today handed down judgment in R (EA and Anor) v Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin) refusing permission for judicial review to a group of survivors who unsuccessfully sought core participant status in the forthcoming inquiry into the Manchester Arena more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: February 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: February 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 February 2020 which was a very busy more...
Coronavirus Immigration Update: No more automatic extensions but grace period until 31.8.20
New Video Coronavirus Immigration Update: No more automatic extensions but grace period until 31.8.20 In this video I go through the latest changes (29th July 2020) to the Home Office policy on Coronavirus and temporary UK residents. There are no more automatic extensions but there is a grace period more...
27 Jul 2020 09:15
Novichok inquest quashedThe High Court has today handed down a judgment quashing a coroner’s decision on the scope of the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess: R (GS) v HM Senior Coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon [2020] EWHC 2007 (Admin) Ms Sturgess tragically died of Novichok poisoning, having inadvertently opened a more...
Immigration Law Drafting Webinar: Representations, Skeleton Arguments & Grounds
Immigration Law Drafting Webinar: Representations, Skeleton Arguments & Grounds This is a free webinar for immigration lawyers, advisers and others on drafting representations, skeleton arguments and grounds (appeal, AR, JR etc). I will make the slides available via the No8 Chambers website. more...
Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: January 2020
New Video - Upper Tribunal (IAC) Reported Decisions: January 2020 This is the first video in a new series in which 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 more...
13 Jul 2020 14:01
FGM protection order in child’s best interests – Court of AppealA (A Child) (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA 731 (15 June 2020) This was an appeal by the secretary of state against a decision of the President of the Family Division concerning the exercise of the family court’s jurisdiction to make a female genital mutilation protection order (FGMPO) under the Female Genital more...
10 Jul 2020 08:07
High Court rules on preliminary issues in challenge relating to alleged UK involvement in tortureIn R (Reprieve & Ors) v Prime Minister [2020] EWHC 1695 (Admin), the High Court made a preliminary ruling that Article 6(1) of the ECHR does not apply to the forthcoming judicial review of the Government’s decision not to establish a public inquiry into allegations that the UK intelligence more...
7 Jul 2020 08:22
US Supreme Court outlaws discrimination on basis of sexual orientation or gender identityIt is just over five years since the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the case of Obergefell v Hodges (26 June 2015), and just over fifty-one years since the Stonewall riots (28 June 1969). To the many important dates in Pride Month must now be added 15 June 2020, the date of the more...
Immigration Law Conversations: Investors,Innovators, Global Talent and Sole Reps
New Video - Immigration Law Conversations: Investors,Innovators, Global Talent and Sole Reps In this Immigration Law Conversation I chat to Shara Pledger from Latitude Law about the various business options for entrepreneurs wishing to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. We discuss Investors, more...
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