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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- Strike Three For New Rules: Part 2
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- Tribunal Unimpressed With New Rules Again: Part 2
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- The EU Dimension to Proportionality
- New Syria Country Guidance
- Can Third Country National Stepfathers Derive Rights Of Residence From Union Citizen Children?: Part 2
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- Roger McCormick On Sustainable Banking March 18, 2013 mkp
- Commission On Banking Standards Publishes Proprietary Trading Report March 16, 2013 mkp
- 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
- Public Law Duty and Cross-Undertaking for Losses to Third Parties March 1, 2013 mkp
- UK Supreme Court: Case Preview: Securitisation and the Balance Sheet Test February 23, 2013 mkp
- FSA’s Response to Fixing LIBOR February 22, 2013 mkp
- 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
- Law and Democracy Blog
- Raja Rental Bites The Dust January 15, 2013 mkp
- Supreme Court Approves Swiss Letter October 10, 2012 mkp
- Apex Court gives Government until 10 October for Swiss Letter October 5, 2012 mkp
- 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
- Pakistan Horizon
- 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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- Jimmy Mubenga security guards had racist jokes on their mobile phones May 17, 2013 Matthew Taylor
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- 'One Nation' Labour's policy blueprint May 16, 2013 Patrick Wintour
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- UK Census: almost half of foreign-born population hold UK passports May 16, 2013 John Burn-Murdoch
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Category Archives: Immigration Rules
Fresh Claims and Freedom of Religion
ST v Secretary of State for Home Department [2012] EWHC 988 (Admin) (20 December 2012) Husayn ibn Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib, or Imam Husayn, was the grandson of the Prophet Muhammed (Peace Be Upon Him). Like the present predicament of … Continue reading
Posted in Article 9, Asylum, ECHR, Forced marriage, Immigration Rules, Pakistan
Tagged Asylum, Case Law, Fresh Claims, Islam, Persecution
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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
Posted in Article 8, Human Rights Act, Immigration Rules, Nigeria, Proportionality, Removals
Tagged Children, European Union, UK Supreme Court
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Tribunal Unimpressed With New Rules Again: Part 2
Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC) (30 January 2013) The UT explained that the SSHD “overstates the significance of the rule change” and the effects of this change on Article 8 decision making where judges … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Children, European Union, Immigration Rules, Nigeria, Proportionality
Tagged Dependants, ECHR, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Tribunal Unimpressed With New Rules Again: Part 1
Izuazu (Article 8 – new rules) Nigeria [2013] UKUT 45 (IAC) (30 January 2013) Lately a plethora of immigration decisions have descended upon us. All this sensational case law makes awesome reading. But it is impossible to read it all. … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Immigration Rules, Nigeria, Proportionality, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Immigration, Spouses, Tribunals
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War On Students: It’s Not Cricket
Call him what you will (some people call him plain crazy), but on student immigration London’s cricket bat wielding/football kicking mayor Boris Johnson has got things dead right: “Against illegals, yes. Against talent, no. In football as in the economy … Continue reading
Immigration Rules Changed Again
Yet another set of changes in the immigration rules is around the corner and most of these will enter into force on 13 December 2012. To this end, Statement of changes in Immigration Rules HC 760 envisages a plethora of … Continue reading
Posted in Dependants, Immigration Rules, PBS, Settlement, UKBA 2007
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, LASPO, Points Based System, UKBA
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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
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, CJEU, Human Rights Act, Immigration Rules, Proportionality, UKBA 2007
Tagged Article 8, European Union, Nigeria, Tribunals
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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
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Human Rights Act, Immigration Rules, Proportionality, Tribunals, UKBA 2007
Tagged Article 8, Children, ECHR, European Union, Nigeria
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Spectres of Pankina: The Rules, Fairness and Article 8
Ferrer (limited appeal grounds; Alvi) Philippines [2012] UKUT 304 (IAC) (01 August 2012) This is a recent Upper Tribunal (“UT”, Judges Storey and Lane) case involving the Alvi [2012] UKSC 33 and Pankina [2010] EWCA Civ 719 genre of cases. The … Continue reading
Posted in Alvi, Article 8, Immigration Rules, Philippines, Sedley LJ, Tier 2, Work Permits
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, Pankina, UK Supreme Court
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Article 8 and Polygamy
SG (child of polygamous marriage) Nepal [2012] UKUT 265 (IAC) (9 July 2012) The Upper Tribunal (“UT”, Justice Blake and Judge Dawson) has recently made it clear that in cases involving polygamy a child will not be able to join … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 8, Blake J, Children, Immigration Rules, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, Dependants, Immigration Rules, Polygamy, Tribunals
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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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Alvi: The Aftermath …
In the wake of the Alvi [2012] UKSC 33 judgment, a new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules CM8423 (“the statement”) came into force on 20 July 2012. Weirdly, the statement – spanning an overwhelming 288 pages – also corrects cross-referencing errors in Appendix … Continue reading
Posted in Alvi, Article 8, Dependants, Exceptional Talent, Immigration Rules, Tier 1, Tier 2
Tagged ECHR, Immigration Rules, Points Based System, 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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Overstaying, flight side service and re-entry
The case of Singh (paragraph 320 (7A) – IS151A forms – proof) [2012] UKUT 00162 (IAC) is all about the cat and mouse charades which take place between the UK Border Agency and the subjects of immigration control. Moreover, the … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Domestic Workers, False Statements, Heathrow, Immigration Rules, Notices, Removals, Tier 1, WHM
Tagged Case Law, Immigration Rules, Tribunals
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Family Migration and Article 8′s New Dress
Theresa May’s rabid immigration policies are no secret and the government is changing the Immigration Rules yet again. It is the eighteenth statement of changes in the Immigration Rules to be announced by the Home Office since the present government … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Dependants, Immigration Rules, Judges, Proportionality, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, Dependants, ECHR, Immigration Rules, Removals, Spouses
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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 Article 8, Court of Appeal, East African Asians, Gurkhas, Immigration Rules, Proportionality, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, BOCs, Dependants, Historic Injustice, Nepal
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Case Preview: Alvi and Munir in Supreme Court
The latest post on Alvi is available here. For the impact of Alvi on the Immigration Rules see post here. The latest post on Rahman, Munir and DP 5/96 is available here. Original post continues below. Writing last week on the … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Immigration Rules, Pankina, PBS, Sedley LJ, Settlement
Tagged Constitution, DP 5/96, Free Movement, Immigration Cap, UK Supreme Court, Zane Malik
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Statistiken, Gastarbeiter und Wirtschaft
A week ago the Office for National Statistics published its Migration Statistics Quarterly Report February 2012. The summary included the following points: Estimated total long-term immigration to the UK in the year to June 2011 was 593,000. This compares to 582,000 in … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Economy, Immigration Rules, PBS, Settlement
Tagged Overseas Workers, Points Based System, Statistics
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Students, cancellation, curtailment and private life
Fiaz (cancellation of leave to remain – fairness) Pakistan [2012] UKUT 57 (IAC) (22 February 2012) Facts Having one’s leave/visa curtailed is quite a serious matter but to have it cancelled is a lot worse. In this case the appellant … Continue reading
April changes to points-based system
The Immigration Rules are changed all the time. No part of the rules has been varied as much as the points-based system (PBS). The purpose of the PBS was to harmonise the old rules which brought about its creation. Yet, … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration Rules, PBS, Post Study Work, Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 4
Tagged Dependants, Immigration Rules, Points Based System
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