Daily Archives: June 9, 2024

Revocation of sponsor licence without providing a meaningful opportunity to respond is unlawful

R (New Hope Care Ltd) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1270 (Admin) (24 May 2024) In these judicial review proceedings, David Pievsky KC held that the SSHD’s decision to revoke New Hope Care Ltd’s sponsor … Continue reading

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Notice of curtailment emailed eight months earlier upheld as lawful

Escobar v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1097 (Admin) (10 May 2024) Sheldon J held in this case that Mr Marco Antonio Escobar, a Bolivian national who had leave to remain in the UK on the … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal’s guidance as to damages and delay in lifting NRPF condition

ASY & Ors v Home Office [2024] EWCA Civ 373 (18 April 2024) Allowing this appeal, the Court of Appeal provided guidance as to when a claimant had a right to damages for breach of their rights under article 3 of … Continue reading

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Illegal Migration Act 2023 is incompatible with human rights 

In the matter of an application by JR295 for judicial review [2024] NIKB 35 In these judicial review proceedings, Humphreys J held that the provisions of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (“IMA”) are incompatible with article 2 of the Ireland/Northern … Continue reading

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Rwanda removals 

Last November in R (AAA (Syria) & Ors) v SSHD [2023] UKSC 42 the Supreme Court held that the government’s Rwanda policy is unlawful and unanimously dismissed the SSHD’s appeal. The new policy aimed to “stop the boats” and the SSHD … Continue reading

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