New Immigration Cases- Rehman, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1351 (Admin) (29 April 2013)
- 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)
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- Strike Three For New Rules: 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
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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
- 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
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- Dr Masuma Hasan: Bridging the Gender Gap in Bihar November 14, 2012 pakistanhorizon
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Tag Archives: Article 8
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
Posted in Article 8, Crime, Human Rights Act, Nigeria, Settlement
Tagged Article 8, Immigration Rules, Removals
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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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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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Can Third Country National Stepfathers Derive Rights Of Residence From Union Citizen Children?: Part 2
O & S v Maahanmuuttovirasto v L [2012] EUECJ C-356/11 (06 December 2012) This post analyses the rationale espoused by the CJEU in relation to its ruling which is highlighted in Can Third Country National Stepfathers Derive Rights Of Residence From … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, CFR, Children, CJEU, ECHR, Finland
Tagged 2003/86/EC, 2004/38/EC, Article 8, Case Law, ECHR, European Union, Free Movement
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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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Other Family Members: The Rationale
The last post had shed a little bit of light on the decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) in relation to six questions which were referred to it by the Upper Tribunal (“UT”) in MR … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, CFR, Citizens Directive, CJEU, ECHR, OFMs, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, ECHR, European Union, Free Movement
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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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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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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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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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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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Extradition and family life hearing in Supreme Court
UPDATE: The UKSC handed down judgment in these cases today (20 June 2012). The press summary is available here and the judgment is available here. BAILII judgment available here. The Court unanimously allowed the appeal in the case of FK. … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Cases, Children, ECHR, European Union, Extradition, United States
Tagged Article 8, Extradition Act 2003, UK Supreme Court, ZH (Tanzania)
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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
Drug dealing and deportation
Masih (deportation – public interest – basic principles) Pakistan [2012] UKUT 46 (IAC) (07 February 2012) Pakistan has a significant minority Christian population (2.8 million) and adherents of the Christian faith in Punjab province are often called Masih – literally … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Automatic Deportation, Pakistan, Tribunals
Tagged Article 8, Case Law, ECHR, Removals
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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
