Category Archives: Overstaying

Supreme Court dismisses long residence appeals

Afzal, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2023] UKSC 46 (28 November 2023) In dismissing these two appeals, the Supreme Court has held that for the purposes of an application for indefinite leave … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal: Physical needs are decisive in ADR cases

Mobeen v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] EWCA Civ 886 (14 June 2021) In a new judgment on adult dependant relatives in the case of a 66-year-old Pakistani school teacher who suffered from arthritis, depression and high … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal refuses relief in “bad” paragraph 322(5) cases

R (Baldha & Anor) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1494 (10 November 2020)  In two tax discrepancy matters with some similarities, sitting alone Hickinbottom LJ decided to refuse permission to amend and permission to appeal in … Continue reading

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Inaccessible new Immigration Rules are not “good law”

The Home Secretary, Priti Patel has gleefully announced “After many years of campaigning, I am delighted the Immigration Bill which will end free movement on 31st December has today passed through Parliament. We are delivering on the will of the … Continue reading

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Supreme Court: Failure to promptly notify migrant of revocation of sponsor’s licence breached duty of procedural fairness

R (Pathan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 41 (23 October 2020)  This case turned on the issue whether notice to an applicant of revocation of a sponsor’s licence in respect of his Tier 2 (General) … Continue reading

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Court of Appeal rebukes poor drafting of Immigration Rules

Hoque & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 1357 (22 October 2020) The Court of Appeal has deeply criticised the “labyrinthine structure” and “idiosyncratic drafting” of the the Immigration Rules and “the confused language … Continue reading

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