New Immigration Cases- A B C v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1272 (Admin) (22 May 2013)
- Harrisingh& Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1125 (Admin) (08 March 2013)
- A v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] ScotCS CSIH_43 (17 May 2013)
- Soares v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 575 (21 May 2013)
- Secretary of State for the Home Department v Ahmadi [2013] EWCA Civ 512 (09 May 2013)
- SM (Afghanistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 533 (10 April 2013)
- 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)
- Alarape & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EUECJ C-529/11 (08 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)
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- Supreme Court Approves Swiss Letter October 10, 2012 mkp
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Category Archives: UKSC
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
Posted in Asylum, Children, Detention, Human Rights Act, Iran, s 55 BCIA, UKSC
Tagged Detention, ECHR, EIG, False Imprisonment, Refugee Convention
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Challenging the Restriction on Alvi’s Scope
Like its predecessor Statement of Changes Cm8423, the explanatory memorandum to Statement of Changes HC 565 expressed the government’s regret in relation to the fact that the changes to the Immigration Rules did not (yet again) comply fully with the … Continue reading
Posted in Alvi, Article 8, Judicial Review, Pankina, PBS, Sedley LJ, UKSC
Tagged ECHR, Immigration Rules, UK Supreme Court, UKBA
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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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For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow
This morning’s business in the UK Supreme Court had an unexpected but extremely pleasant surprise for viewers. Apart from the Court’s usual business of handing down several judgments, Lord Hope made a profoundly touching speech about Lord Phillips – the Court’s … Continue reading
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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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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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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Case Preview: Al-Sirri in Supreme Court
The extremely interesting of case of Al-Sirri (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) UKSC 2009/0036 will be heard in the UK Supreme Court by Lady Hale and Lords Phillips, Kerr, Dyson and Wilson. The Court … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Cases, Sedley LJ, Terrorism, Tribunals, UKSC
Tagged Afghan War, Asylum, Northern Alliance, Old Bailey, UK Supreme Court, United Nations
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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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Refugee Convention: domestic law defines “lawful”
R (on the application of ST (Eritrea)) (FC) (Appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) [2012] UKSC 12 (21 March 2012) The Supreme Court – Lady Hale and Lords Hope, Brown, Mance, Kerr, Clarke and Dyson – has unanimously … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Cases, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Persecution, Removals, UKSC
Tagged Asylum, Refugee Convention, Removals, UK Supreme Court
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Children and Conflicts between Courts
In the Matter of S (a Child) [2012] UKSC 10 (14 March 2012) This case is about a relationship which became sour. A two-year old child, “W”, was involved and the UK Supreme Court unanimously declined to return the child to Australia … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Children, ECHR, Hague Convention, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Australia, Case Law, Child Abduction, Strasbourg, UK Supreme Court
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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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A letter from Manchester
On any given day of the year Manchester’s streets buzz endlessly with chatter in the Punjabi language which – like headscarves, Qur’āns, shalwar kameez, mosques, miles of takeaways and foreigners – is a local trademark. Things, however, are not quite what they … Continue reading
Posted in ECHR, Immigration Amnesty, Manchester, Muslims, Pakistan, Politics, Removals, Settlement, UKSC
Tagged 9/11, ECHR, Immigration Amnesty, Manchester, Politics, Removals, Terrorism, UK Supreme Court
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Points-based system, switching, etcetera
From July onwards last year Tier 1 (Post-Study Work) visa holders began to face difficulties in switching into Tier 2 (General) because it became virtually impossible to get the UKBA to grant new CoS in the £20,000–£23,999.99 salary band. New … Continue reading
Posted in Employment, Immigration Cap, Immigration Rules, JCWI, Pankina, PBS, Tier 1, Tier 2, UKSC, Uncategorized
Tagged AP (Russia), Entrepreneurs, Immigration Cap, Immigration Rules, Investors, Pankina, Points Based System, UK Supreme Court
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Poppycock claims
Just as day two in the Quila appeal kicks off (watch here or join the discussion here or please click the twitter blackbird pie item at the end of this post), I would just like to take the opportunity to state … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Immigration Rules, India, PBS, Spouses, UKBA, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, Pankina, Points Based System, Spouses, UK Supreme Court, UKBA
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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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UKSC spotlight: R (MR (Pakistan)) v The UT (IAC) and SSHD
When I met AP in Leicester last October she was in tears. She came from India to the UK with dreams of a happy marriage and was mistreated by her husband instead. Since then her applications for permission to appeal to … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Domestic Violence, Immigration Rules, India, Pakistan, UKSC
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, Spouses, UKBA
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UKSC spotlight: FA (Iraq) (FC) v SSHD
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that owing to numerous of issues which had arisen on appeal, a reference to the Court of Justice of the European Union for a preliminary ruling under Article 267 of the Treaty on … Continue reading
Posted in Article 2, Article 3, Asylum, Court of Appeal, European Union, Immigration Rules, Iraq, Removals, UKSC
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, European Union, Immigration Rules, UK Supreme Court
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