Category Archives: Human Rights Act

Strike Three For New Rules: Part 2

Ogundimu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 60 (IAC) (08 February 2013) SSHD’s Case It was maintained that paragraph A362, part 13 (deportation), of the rules defeated O’s Article 8 claim and, even though the decision was made more … Continue reading

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Strike Three For New Rules: Part 1

Ogundimu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 60 (IAC) (08 February 2013)  Nigeria – Africa’s most populous country – is spearheading the campaign against deportation and Ogundimu is the third case in a row where the judiciary has sent … Continue reading

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The new rules: Article 8 and Judges

MF (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2012] UKUT 393 (IAC) (31 October 2012) – see previous post for facts and background. Despite commenting positively [29] on some aspects of the new rules, the UT still thought that it “would be … Continue reading

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New rules Not a Complete Code for Article 8

MF (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2012] UKUT 393 (IAC) (31 October 2012) The Convention that emerged from the ashes of war to protect people’s freedoms should not have been made a target for a party’s political designs. This … Continue reading

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LPP and Article 8 Hearing in Supreme Court Next Week

R (on the application of Prudential plc and another) (Appellants) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax and another (Respondents) UKSC 2010/0215 is an important case for lawyers and professionals everywhere so I thought that I would share the preview.  It is a … Continue reading

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Child Asylum Seeker’s Detention Held Unlawful

AAM (A Child) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 2567 (QB) (27 September 2012) This case has a lot of faces because the legal issues it raises are quite complex. There is a lot in the … Continue reading

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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

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National security case in Supreme Court

The UKSC has handed down its judgment in this case on 7 March 2012. The Court has allowed these appeals. The Judgment is available here and the press summary is available here. The past decade has produced a series of … Continue reading

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Human Rights Act v British Bill of Rights

This post draws on the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2011 event which was held in Europe House on 8 December. The Prize – which honours the celebrated figure of legendary Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov … Continue reading

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