‘Immigration rules are “overly complex and unworkable” according to the Law Commission, which recommends simplifying them in order to save the government £70m over the next decade.’
The Guardian, 14th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office faces a series of legal challenges over its decision to allow Zimbabwean government officials to interview people from the country who are seeking asylum in the UK.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Four stowaways have been jailed after they ran amok on a container ship as it navigated the world’s busiest shipping lanes.’
BBC News, 3rd January 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘And so, we reach the end of another year. And what a year it has been. As well perhaps the most tumultuous period in British politics for decades, this year saw the first ever image taken of a black hole, a victory for the England men’s cricket team at the World Cup, the discovery of a new species of prehistoric small-bodied human in the Philippines and signs that humpback whale numbers in the South Atlantic have bounced back thanks to intensive conservation efforts. And the law? Well, rather a lot has happened really. As the festive season draws near, what better way is there to celebrate than to rewind the clock and relive the 10 cases which have defined 2019?’
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th December 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In a landmark judgment the high court has found that the Home Office’s £1,012 child citizenship fee is unlawful. The fee has been described as “shameless profiteering” by Amnesty International.’
The Guardian, 19th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Three generations of one Windrush-descended family are struggling to prove that they are British in a protracted fight for documentation which has left a London-born woman facing homelessness with her two-year-old son.’
The Guardian, 18th December 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has been unlawfully forcing trafficked people to wait for months and sometimes years before granting them leave to remain in the UK, the High Court has ruled.’
The Independent, 11th December 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Home Office has yet again had to concede a legal challenge to the lawfulness of prolonged immigration detention of a mentally ill and highly vulnerable man by agreeing to regularise his status and pay £100,000 in compensation in a settlement agreed by the High Court today in a test case.’
Garden Court Chambers, 5th December 2019
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the Secretary of State for the Home Department from the Court of Appeal decision in R(Hemmati and others) v SSHD [2018] EWCA Civ 2122 in which it was held that the Home Office was not entitled to detain asylum seekers for removal under the Dublin III Regulation because of the failure until 15 March 2017, to set out in law the requirements for detention.’
Garden Court Chambers, 27th November 2019
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘With the UK’s impending exit from the EU, the Government has created new appendices to the Immigration Rules, Appendix EU and Appendix EU (Family Permit). The purpose of Appendix EU is to set out the basis on which an EEA citizen and their family members, and the family member of a qualifying British citizen, will be granted settled status or pre-settled status. These applications are under the Immigration Rules.’
Richmond Chambers, 25th November 2019
Source: immigrationbarrister.co.uk
‘Islam Khan discusses a recent Court Of Appeal case in an immigration matter shifting the test on proportionality on Human Rights cases.’
Church Court Chambers, 3rd December 2019
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
‘What happens when an applicant for leave to remain in the UK as the partner of a British or settled person does not meet all of the requirements of the immigration rules? They may still be able to acquire leave to remain on the basis of their right to private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. This will be possible if they are able to show that they would face ‘insurmountable obstacles to family life continuing outside the UK with that partner’ as outlined in EX.1.(b) of the Immigration Rules.’
Richmond Chambers, 29th November 2019
Source: immigrationbarrister.co.uk
‘Islam Khan explores what the “BANGER” extension establishes and how it affects the current “Surinder Singh” principle.’
Church Court Chambers, 2nd December 2019
Source: churchcourtchambers.co.uk
‘R (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 adequate certainty and predictability.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd December 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The five respondents arrived in the United Kingdom illegally and claimed asylum. Each of the respondents was detained for a period of time pending his or her removal from the United Kingdom pursuant to the Immigration Act 1971 of Schedule 2 paragraph 16(2). The respondents challenged the lawfulness of their detention by bringing claims against the Secretary of State for the Home Department.’
UKSC Blog, 27th November 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘The Home Office “falsely imprisoned” many asylum seekers who are now entitled to damages for their loss of liberty at the hands of the government, five supreme court judges have ruled.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has made a U-turn in the case of a man caring for his terminally ill partner who was told he was going to be deported to Jamaica because officials had concluded that he “failed to demonstrate that his life would be at risk in Iraq”.’
The Guardian, 26th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A lorry driver charged with the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a refrigerated trailer has pleaded guilty to plotting to assist illegal immigration.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has had to suspend rules due to come into force today that would allow solicitors to operate from firms regulated by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner (OISC).’
Legal Futures, 25th November 2019
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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