New Immigration Cases- Virk & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 652 (12 June 2013)
- Chugtai, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [1995] EWHC Admin 14 (19 June 1995)
- NN (South Africa) & Anor v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 653 (12 June 2013)
- JB (Jamaica), R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWCA Civ 666 (12 June 2013)
- PETITION OF MS v. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW [2013] ScotCS CSIH_52 (11 June 2013)
- AZ (Asylum- legacy cases) Afghanistan [2013] UKUT 270 (IAC) (10 June 2013)
- Warnborough College Ltd., R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1510 (Admin) (10 June 2013)
- Rostami, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1494 (Admin) (07 June 2013)
- AHK & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1426 (Admin) (07 June 2013)
- WKA v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] ScotCS CSIH_51 (07 June 2013)
- Kola, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1434 (Admin) (06 June 2013)
- Aslam, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1495 (Admin) (06 June 2013)
- SO, R (on the application of) v London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (AAJR) [2013] UKUT 256 (IAC) (24 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)
- 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)
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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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- 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
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- Anwar Rashid: For Parween Rahman March 30, 2013 pakistanhorizon
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- Dr Masuma Hasan: Uch Revisited January 19, 2013 pakistanhorizon
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Tag Archives: ECHR
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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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
“Secret Detention”: Assurances and Effective Verification?
XX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 742 In mid June 2012, the Court of Appeal (Lord Neuberger MR, Richards and Davis LJJ) unanimously upheld the Special Immigration Appeals Commission’s (SIAC) decision that the deportation … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 3, Article 5, Article 6, Closed Evidence, Detention, Ethiopia, Terrorism
Tagged Case Law, Court of Appeal, ECHR, Terrorism
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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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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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Immigration and Stare Decisis
Patel & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 741 (01 June 2012) The Court of Appeal (Lord Neuberger MR, Lady Hallett Vice President QBD and Stanley Burnton LJJ) has decided that the SSHD was not … Continue reading
Posted in Court of Appeal, False Statements, Neuberger PSC, Notices, Sedley LJ, WHM
Tagged Case Law, ECHR, 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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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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Unacceptable Behaviour and Deportation – Part 2
Mahajna v Home Secretary (deportation hate speech – unacceptable behaviour) [2012] UKUT B1 (IAC). This post is a continuation of Unacceptable Behaviour and Deportation, Part 1. The Upper Tribunal The UT thought that although the SSHD’s views on the public interest were … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 10, Cases, ECHR, Israel, Palestine, Unacceptable Behaviour
Tagged ECHR, Jerusalem, Terrorism, Tribunals, Unacceptable Behaviour
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Unacceptable Behaviour and Deportation – Part 1
Mahajna v Home Secretary (deportation hate speech – unacceptable behaviour) [2012] UKUT B1 (IAC) This case was about much more than immigration. It was also about the problems of the Middle East. In fact, the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the British authorities’ … Continue reading
Posted in Appeals, Article 10, Detention, ECHR, Israel, Palestine, Tribunals
Tagged ECHR, Jerusalem, Terrorism, Tribunals, Unacceptable Behaviour
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Using children to stop deportation: Part 2
Sanade and others (British children – Zambrano – Dereci) [2011] UKUT 48 (IAC) (07 February 2012) Sanade (S), Harrison (H), Walker (W) Legal Discussion Tellingly, in considering the appellants’ Article 8 claims, the UT (at [51]) – remembering Lord Wilson’s … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Blake J, Cases, Children, CJEU, False Statements and Misrepresentations, s 55 BCIA, Tribunals, UKBA 2007
Tagged ECHR, European Union, Removals, Zambrano
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Using children to stop deportation: Part 1
Sanade and others (British children – Zambrano – Dereci) [2011] UKUT 48 (IAC) (07 February 2012) This Upper Tribunal (UT, President Blake and Judge Jordon) case was about three fathers, the appellants, who relied on their family, especially British children, … Continue reading
Posted in Article 8, Automatic Deportation, Blake J, Cases, Children, Tribunals, UKBA 2007
Tagged ECHR, European Union, Removals, Zambrano
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