New Immigration Cases- B2 v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 616 (24 May 2013)
- Kheirollahi-Ahmadroghani v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1314 (Admin) (22 May 2013)
- SS (Nigeria) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 550 (22 May 2013)
- MJ (Singh v Belgium : Tanveer Ahmed unaffected) Afghanistan [2013] UKUT 253 (IAC) (01 May 2013)
- NN (Teachers: Matabeleland/Bulawayo: risk) Zimbabwe CG [2013] UKUT 198 (IAC) (10 May 2013)
- Green (Article 8 new rules) Jamaica [2013] UKUT 254 (IAC) (13 May 2013)
- R (on the application of MR) v Derby City Council (AAJR) [2013] UKUT 255 (IAC) (14 May 2013)
- 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)
- 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)
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- FSA: LIBOR Internal Audit Report March 9, 2013 mkp
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- The Libor Scandal and “Soft Law” February 10, 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
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- 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
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Tag Archives: Asylum
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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Independent Chief Inspector Slams Agency On Legacy Cases
On 22 November 2012, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (“the inspector”) Mr John Vine CPE QPM – whose office was established under section 48 of the UK Borders Act 2007 – published An inspection of the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, John Vine, UKBA, UKBA 2007
Tagged Asylum, Chief Inspector, Children, ECHR, Legacy
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SSHD Required to Deal with Fresh Claims in Amended Grounds
ABC, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWHC 2825 (Admin) (25 September 2012) It is no secret that the UK Border Agency (UKBA) makes mistakes. This case is about how the authorities breached … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Asylum, Removals, Sri Lanka
Tagged Asylum, Case Law, Judicial Review, UKBA
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CJEU: Public Manifestation of Religion and Persecution
Bundesrepublik Deutschland v Y & Z [2012] EUECJ C-71/11 (05 September 2012) Pakistan is an intolerant country where human rights are routinely violated and minorities are persecuted. The paradox is that the country was created because Indian Muslims feared a marginal … Continue reading
Posted in Article 9, Asylum, CFR, CJEU, ECHR, Germany, Pakistan
Tagged 2004/83/EC, Asylum, European Union, Persecution, PPC 1860
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Removing adult children as family members
Ahmad & Ors (removal of children over 18) Pakistan [2012] UKUT 267 (IAC) (30 July 2012) At times the drafting of the Immigration Acts leaves a lot to be desired: rapid legislative change enhances entropy in an already difficult environment. … Continue reading
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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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: 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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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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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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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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Human Trafficking, Dublin II and Certification
In AA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 23 the Court of Appeal (Longmore and Maurice Kay LJJ, Sir David Keene) unanimously affirmed Mrs Justice Thirlwall’s decision in the High Court. From AA’s perspective, the … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, Council of Europe, ECHR, European Union, Human Trafficking
Tagged Asylum, CoE, Dublin II, ECHR, Human Trafficking, UKBA
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Massive Somalia Guidance
Once the arena for the expansionist designs of European powers – such as Britain and Italy – in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is arguably the foremost complex humanitarian emergency in the world: pretty much Hell on Earth. These days, … Continue reading
Posted in Al-Shabab, Asylum, ECHR, Female Genital Mutilation, Human Rights, Mogadishu, Persecution, Somalia, Women
Tagged Africa, Asylum, Case Law, Drought, ECHR, Famine, FGM, Persecution, Removals
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Persecution in Pakistan: HJ (Iran) and the Ahmadis
The barrister Mr Jinnah, together with his comrades in the struggle for Independence, wanted Pakistan to be a secular country and just a couple of days before the Partition of India he, therefore, said that: You are free; you are … Continue reading
Posted in Ahmadis, Asylum, Islam, Manchester, Pakistan, Persecution
Tagged Ahmadis, Asylum, Investors, Tier 1 (Investor), UK Supreme Court
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Viva la Revolución? new Cuba guideline case
“… Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves.” Contrary to what Castro’s close comrade Che Guevara claimed, Cuba is one of the world’s last remaining autocratic communist regimes. Historically, the revolutionary country was once considered a bastion against imperialism. Yet … Continue reading
R (Thamby) v SSHD: LTTE, nationality, naturalisation and “good character”
This judicial review case – Thamby, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 1763 read judgment here – concerned the SSHD’s refusal to naturalise as a citizen a Tamil national of Sri … Continue reading
Posted in Cases, ECHR, False Statements, Genocide, International Law, Judicial Review, Nationality, Persecution, Sri Lanka
Tagged Asylum, British Nationality, ECHR, Genocide, LTTE, Removals, Sri Lanka, War Crimes
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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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Conservatives’ stillborn feminism
On 8 March 2011 Mrs Theresa May bigged up her party by putatively expressing solidarity with women’s causes on the occasion of the 100th International Women’s Day. With most people distracted by the ongoing debate about a “British Bill of … Continue reading
Posted in Asylum, ECHR, Immigration Law, Persecution, Spouses, UKBA, Women
Tagged Asylum, ECHR, Immigration, Spouses, UKBA, Women
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