New Immigration Cases- Azaroal, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1248 (Admin) (17 May 2013)
- EO & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1236 (Admin) (17 May 2013)
- AJ (Bangladesh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 493 (21 March 2013)
- SB (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 506 (15 April 2013)
- NN (Teachers: Matabeleland/Bulawayo: risk) Zimbabwe CG [2013] UKUT 198 (IAC) (14 May 2013)
- Secretary of State for the Home Department v Ahmadi [2013] EWCA Civ 512 (09 May 2013)
- Harrisingh& Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1125 (Admin) (08 March 2012)
- Alarape & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EUECJ C-529/11 (08 May 2013)
- SM & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1144 (Admin) (08 May 2013)
- FH (Iran), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1092 (Admin) (01 May 2013)
- Azimi-Moayed and others (decisions affecting children; onward appeals) Iran (Rev 1) [2013] UKUT 197 (IAC) (26 April 2013)
- Singh (fee award: ancillary decision) India [2013] UKUT 179 (IAC) (18 April 2013)
- Zubair (EEA regs: self-employed persons) Pakistan [2013] UKUT 196 (IAC) (11 April 2013)
- K and others (FGM) Gambia CG [2013] UKUT 62 (IAC) (09 April 2013)
- OO (gay men: risk) Algeria CG [2013] UKUT 63 (IAC) (08 April 2013)
- JL (medical reports-credibility) China [2013] UKUT 145 (IAC) (08 April 2013)
- Farquharson (removal proof of conduct) Jamaica [2013] UKUT 146 (IAC) (08 April 2013)
- DSG & Others (Afghan Sikhs: departure from CG) Afghanistan [2013] UKUT 148 (IAC) (08 April 2013)
- Seye (Chen children; employment) France [2013] UKUT 178 (IAC) (28 March 2013)
- MK, R (on the application of) v Wolverhampton City Council (AAJR - Age assessment) [2013] UKUT 177 (IAC) (26 March 2013)
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- Roger McCormick On Sustainable Banking March 18, 2013 mkp
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- Is the door to England still that wide open for CIS disputes? March 11, 2013 mkp
- FSA: LIBOR Internal Audit Report March 9, 2013 mkp
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- The Libor Scandal and “Soft Law” February 10, 2013 mkp
- The Privilege Judgment February 8, 2013 mkp
- UK Supreme Court: Case Preview: WHA Ltd v Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs January 20, 2013 mkp
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- Raja Rental Bites The Dust January 15, 2013 mkp
- Supreme Court Approves Swiss Letter October 10, 2012 mkp
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- Anwer Mooraj on Dr Kamal Hossain’s Talk September 30, 2012 mkp
- Anil Datta on Dr Kamal Hossain’s Talk: Only the Youth Can Bring About a Fruitful Revolution … September 27, 2012 mkp
- Peerzada Salman on Dr Kamal Hossain: “Young People are Agents of Change” September 27, 2012 mkp
- Welcome speech of Dr. Masuma Hasan: In Memory of Fatehyab Ali Khan: Dr. Kamal Hossain on Building a peaceful South Asia: 24 September 2012 September 25, 2012 mkp
- In Honour of Fatehyab Ali Khan: Dr Kamal Hossain Speaks at PIIA September 25, 2012 mkp
- The New Order: Rapprochement at Last! September 20, 2012 mkp
- The Mexican Standoff … September 15, 2012 mkp
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- Anwar Rashid: For Parween Rahman March 30, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Parween Rahman: The Legend Lives On March 15, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Women’s Learning Partnership Film: Because Our Cause Is Just March 9, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Dr Masuma Hasan: International Women’s Day and Aurat Foundation March 9, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Majyd Aziz: Making Karachi Port User-Friendly March 1, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Dr Masuma Hasan: Uch Revisited January 19, 2013 pakistanhorizon
- Editor: Sir Zafrulla Khan on Palestine November 18, 2012 pakistanhorizon
- Dr Masuma Hasan: Bridging the Gender Gap in Bihar November 14, 2012 pakistanhorizon
- Make Malala Count: Mitigate Militancy in Pakistan November 2, 2012 pakistanhorizon
- Dr Masuma Hasan: Bhagat Singh Chowk Named In Lahore October 10, 2012 pakistanhorizon
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Category Archives: Court of Appeal
The EU Dimension to Proportionality
Essa, R (On the Application Of) v Upper Tribunal (Immigration & Asylum Chamber) & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 1718 (21 December 2012) Deportation is a hugely controversial issue. Unsurprisingly, opinion on it remains utterly polarised. Journalists and lawyers alike have tried … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Citizens Directive, CJEU, Court of Appeal, European Union, Proportionality
Tagged 2004/38/EC, Article 8, Case Law, European Union, Free Movement
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Article 8 and Kafka: Students under Chikwamba
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Hayat (Pakistan) [2012] EWCA Civ 1054 (31 July 2012) The question where an article 8 claim should be made often arises? At times this is a hard question to answer but the … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Court of Appeal, Immigration Rules, Pankina, PBS, Tier 4
Tagged Article 8, Free Movement, Immigration Rules, Pankina, Points Based System
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The vanishing prerogative
Munir & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 32 (18 July 2012) In these two appeals, the critical question before the Supreme Court was whether the SSHD’s statements in relation … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Children, Court of Appeal, Human Rights Act, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Children, DP 5/96, ECHR, UK Supreme Court
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Apolitical Zimbabweans and Persecution
RT (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38 (25 July 2012) This case is of great importance not only to the law, but also to the study of politics and international relations. In … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 10, Article 9, Asylum, Court of Appeal, UKSC, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, Persecution, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Alvi: Every “Rule” Must Be Laid
R (on the application of Alvi) (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) [2012] UKSC 33 This case began as a “simple” Tier 2 (General) application under the points-based system (PBS). Yet the refusal of Mr Alvi’s application ended up … Continue reading
Posted in Court of Appeal, Immigration Rules, Pankina, PBS, Sedley LJ, Tier 2, UKSC
Tagged Pankina, Points Based System, UK Supreme Court, Zane Malik
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Immigration and Stare Decisis
Patel & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 741 (01 June 2012) The Court of Appeal (Lord Neuberger MR, Lady Hallett Vice President QBD and Stanley Burnton LJJ) has decided that the SSHD was not … Continue reading
Posted in Court of Appeal, False Statements, Neuberger PSC, Notices, Sedley LJ, WHM
Tagged Case Law, ECHR, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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SK (Zimbabwe): mob violence and exclusion from asylum
SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 807, please read judgment. SK appealed the Upper Tribunal’s decision on the grounds that, on a true interpretation of the Rome Statute, her acts did not amount … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Court of Appeal, International Law, Persecution, Zimbabwe
Tagged ICC, ICTR, ICTY, Refugee Convention, Rome Statute, SCSL
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Zimbabwe Hearing in UKSC: Watch Live 18-19 June
The latest post on these cases can be found here. The rest of this post continues as originally published. On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June 2012, Lady Hale and Lords Hope, Kerr, Clarke, Dyson, Wilson and Reed will hear … Continue reading
Posted in Article 2, Article 3, Asylum, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Removals, UKSC, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, Refugee Convention, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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Historic Injustice and Proportionality
Ghising (family life – adults – Gurkha policy) Nepal [2012] UKUT 160 (IAC) In this case the Upper tribunal said that “the ambit of Article 8 is not circumscribed” and in reducing the importance normally attached to immigration control the … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration Rules, East African Asians, Court of Appeal, Article 8, Settlement, Proportionality, Gurkhas
Tagged Dependants, Article 8, Nepal, BOCs, Historic Injustice
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Case Preview: DD (Afghanistan) in Supreme Court
DD (Afghanistan) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) UKSC 2011/0003 is the sequel to the Al-Sirri case. The same panel of justices will hear the DD case in the UK Supreme Court for two days, on … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Asylum, Court of Appeal, Pakistan, Refugee Convention, Terrorism, UKSC
Tagged Afghan War, Taliban, Terrorism, UK Supreme Court, United Nations
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Falun Gong, Country Guidance and HJ (Iran)
LW (China) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 519 (24 April 2012) In this case the Court of Appeal (Black, Mummery and Moore Bick LJJ) found that a Chinese asylum seeker’s discreet involvement in Falun … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Asylum, Cases, China, Court of Appeal, Tribunals
Tagged Asylum, China, Country Guidance, Falun Gong, Persecution
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Notices must advise accurately on appeal rights
E1/(OS Russia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 357 (22 March 2012) In this case the Court of Appeal (Pill, Moses and Sullivan LJJ) heard an appeal in a judicial review case. The court unanimously reversed … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Court of Appeal, Notices, Refugee Convention, Settlement
Tagged Asylum, Case Law, Chechnya, Russia, SIAC
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Third bite at the cherry?: uphill and downhill in second appeals
JD (Congo) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 327 (16 March 2012) Appeals are hugely important but they cost a lot. Thus, in general litigation, the rich can pursue appeals easily … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Court of Appeal, Tribunals, UKSC
Tagged Appeals, Case Law, Court of Appeal, Tribunals, UK Supreme Court
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A rule is a rule
Miah & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 261 (07 March 2012) This is an important case. The Court of Appeal (Maurice Kay, Stanley Burnton and Lewison LJJ) unanimously decided that there was no … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Pankina, PBS, Tier 2
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, Pankina, Points Based System, UK Supreme Court
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Korean Peninsula: “up against a brick wall”
Secretary of State for the Home Department v SP (North Korea) & Ors [2012] EWCA Civ 114 (16 February 2012) The Korean War (1950 – 1953), an historic first instance example of the Cold War getting hot, was a defining … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Court of Appeal, Korean Peninsula, Nationality, Refugee Convention, Tribunals
Tagged 38th Parallel, Asylum, Korean War, Persecution, Removals
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Automatic deportation and proportionality
Gurung v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 62 (02 February 2012) At times immigration cases have significant criminal elements. In this case, the respondent Rocky Gurung – a Nepali national whose father served as a Gurkha … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Court of Appeal, Gurkhas, Removals, Sedley LJ, UKBA 2007
Tagged Case Law, Criminal Offences, ECHR, Nepal
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Constitutional cases in the points-based system
Although many facets of immigration control in the UK can be changed there are some matters of principle which executive power cannot vary without the consent of Parliament. Equally, the debate about the exercise of the home secretary’s discretionary powers … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Constitution, Court of Appeal, High Court, Immigration Law, PBS, Sedley LJ, UKSC
Tagged Constitution, ECHR, Pankina, Points Based System, UK Supreme Court
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Home secretary loses marriage visa case
R (on the application of Quila and another) (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) R (on the application of Bibi and another) (FC) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) [2011] UKSC … Continue reading
Case Comment: Shepherd Masimba Kambadzi (FC) (Appellant) v SSHD (Respondent) [2011] UKSC 23
The summarised facts of this case are that Shepherd Masimba Kambadzi (“SMK”), a national of Zimbabwe, arrived in the United Kingdom as a visitor with 6 months’ leave to enter on 30 October 2002. Subsequently, his leave was extended until … Continue reading
Posted in Article 5, Asylum, Court of Appeal, Detention, ECHR, Enforcement, High Court, Immigration Law, Private Prisons, Removals, UKBA, UKSC, Zimbabwe
Tagged Asylum, Criminal Offences, Detention, ECHR, UK Supreme Court, UKBA
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Case Comment: KC (South Africa) (FC) (Appellant) v SSHD (Respondent) – UKSC 2009/0188
The issues for the Supreme Court In KC (South Africa) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) – Case ID UKSC 2009/0188, the following questions arise for the UK Supreme Court (i) whether Article 14 of … Continue reading
Posted in Article 3, Asylum, Cases, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Immigration Law, Pankina, Persecution, South Africa, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Asylum, Case Law, ECHR, European Union, UK Supreme Court
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