Monthly Archives: February 2024

Three year delay in making decision on application is lawful

Zhou & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 81 (07 February 2024) The Court of Appeal has held that UT Judge Frances had not erred in refusing a family … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal: FTT failed to apply Iran country guidance to Kurdish asylum seeker’s case

FA (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWCA Civ 149 (22 February 2024) The Court of Appeal has held that the UT should have concluded that the FTT had failed to apply the current Iran country … Continue reading

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SSHD’s appeal on Bouchereau exception dismissed by Court of Appeal

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Okafor [2024] EWCA Civ 23 (23 January 2024) The Court of Appeal has held that UT Judge Grubb’s decision to allow the appeal of Mr Okafor, a Nigerian citizen against the refusal … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal: SSHD wins in child sex offences case

Secretary of State for the Home Department v AA (Poland) [2024] EWCA Civ 18 (19 January 2024) The Court of Appeal has held that the FTT had erred in law in finding that the deportation of a foreign criminal who … Continue reading

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Appendix FM and changes of £29,000 and £38,700 to MIR

“MIR”, an acronym for “Minimum Income Requirement”, has become a menacing buzzword in the hostile world of UK immigration law which is required as annual income to sponsor a spouse. From 11 April 2024, MIR will be increased from £18,600 … Continue reading

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Palestinian Guantánamo Bay detainee wins in Supreme Court 

Zubaydah v Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and others [2023] UKSC 50 (20 December 2023) Dismissing the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, the Home Office and the Attorney General’s appeal, the Supreme Court held in this case that under sections … Continue reading

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